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Paul Muhoho and Bernard Gitau
The governor of Busia Sospeter Ojaamong was accused yesterday of abuse of power and conspiracy to defraud the Sh8 million county government through the controversial management project. solid waste.
denounces the head of the judiciary of Nairobi, Douglas Ogoti, along with three members of the county executive committee and will be returned to the police station of the integrity center until tomorrow, when the release decision will be pronounced
Timon Otieno Mboga, Allan Ekweny Omachari and the directors of Mrs. R Enterprise Ltd. identified as Kenyan businesswomen Edna Odhiambo Odoyo and Benish Achieng's Omullo and l 39; German Sebastian Hallensbleben
Opposite surety
Prosecutor Alexander Muteti strongly opposed to bail on the instructions of the Director of Public Prosecutions, on the basis Protesters were intimidated by the protests that shook the city of Busia Tuesday in support to the besieged governor.
However, a team of defense lawyers, led by Siaya Senator James Orengo, argued that no compelling reasons had been provided to justify the refusal of bail.
The accused allegedly colluded to defraud a memorandum of understanding for feasibility studies on solid waste management that will be carried out by Mrs. R. Entreprises without following the official procurement rules. The alleged offense was committed in the city of Busia between March 15 and September 25, 2014.
Ojaamong was accused of abuse of power by hiring the firm to handle the project at the time. a visit to Berlin, Germany on April 7, 2014 was not included in the 2013/14 county government budget and approved the payment to Ms. R Enterprises without authorization on May 12, 2014.
Various chages
County Finance Director Leonard Wanda and Chief Financial Officer Allan Omachari were charged with approving the payment on May 9, 2014. The two Kenyan cabinet directors, Edna and Benish, were charged with the fraudulent acquisition of Public goods receiving Sh4million separately on May 14 and September 25, 2014.
The two businesswomen were charged with non-payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) of 1,103,448 shillings to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) apr having received payments from the county government.
Orengo protested against the prosecution's opposition to endorse saying that Ojaamong had voluntarily surrendered to the EACC officials at the Integrity Center yesterday morning while the other three officials were personally appearing at the EACC offices in Kisumu. He said that they had fully cooperated with the agents of the agency during the investigations.
Defense lawyers stated that the accused were law-abiding citizens and were willing to comply with all the conditions imposed by the court. There was no likelihood of their escape, they said. "Pre-trial detention should be a measure of last resort," said Orengo.
However, Muteti said one of the investigators of the EACC, Timothy Munge had baderted under oath that Ojaamong had convened a press conference and accused officials of malice "
Earlier, a Ojaamong, handcuffed and apparently subdued, described his arrest as "a simple ordinary Kenyan tragedy".
It was a day of humility for a man accustomed to appearances of power, a convoy of high-end vehicles, a handful of bodyguards among other preferential treatments .
But a day after he made fun of the arrest orders by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ojaamong seemed to have swallowed his words and blamed his misfortunes on the political witch hunt
"I am very innocent." He said that he was driven into an EACC van outside the center of integrity.
He was sandwiched between armed police. The governor was arrested in the morning and grilled for more than two hours.
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