Prisons officials in court over Ksh.302 million fraud case
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Four employees of the State Department for Correctional Services appear before the the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on July 22, 2024 in a Ksh.302 million fraud case. | PHOTO: ODPP
Benjamin Obuya, the Deputy Commissioner
General of Prisons and four others were on Monday charged at the Milimani
Anti-Corruption Court with the alleged fraudulent acquisition of Ksh.302
million purportedly as payment for goods never delivered.
Obuya, alongside fellow employees of the
State Department for Correctional Services Joseph Kamau (Principal Accountant),
James Nyang’au Gekobe (Accountant II), Joseph Ochoki Omaiyo (Warder), and
businessman Steven Kisonzo Mulwa, are accused of conspiring to commit economic
crimes.
Court documents say that between July 1,
2014, and March 29, 2018, the four fraudulently acquired public property totalling
Ksh.301,908,000, supposedly for goods never received by the State Department
for Correctional Services.
In addition to conspiracy charges, they are
also accused of abuse of office, fraudulent acquisition of public property and
money laundering.
Appearing before Principal Magistrate
Celesa Asis Okore, all accused parties pleaded not guilty to the charges and
were each released on a bond of Ksh.7 million with one surety of an equivalent
amount or an alternative cash bail of Ksh.4 million.
The court further directed them to
surrender their passports.
Prosecution counsel Wesley Nyamache
requested the court to issue new summons against Humphrey Wende Abok and Joseph
Kariuiki after they failed to appear in court for a second time which the court
agreed with and issued fresh summons to the two.
The case is scheduled for mention on August
2.
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