BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
Nairobi Anti-Corruption Court has denied former Nairobi County Chief Finance Officer Jimmy Kiamba and six others cash bail instead court ordered them to execute personal bond of five million with a surety of three million shillings.
Trial Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi said the accused had exhibited dishonor of the court order requiring them to appear before EACC.
” Its a clear demonstration that if the accused are given cash bail they are likely not to attend trial,” he said.
Magistrate Mugambi said they were aware of the order issued by Anti-corruption Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti on 9 September 2018 which required them to represent themselves to the investigating body the EACC.
He said that save for former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and Head of Treasury who were released on cash bail of Sh 2 million, the seven accused must abide by the new order.
Immediately after the ruling defense lawyers applied for typed proceedings to enable them to seek redress from the superior court.
They said that a letter from the DPP to media houses did not amount to service order of the court.
They said the order of the court was not extracted and served upon the accused or counsels representing them as required by the law.
Kiamba is charged alongside Lilian Wanjiru Ndegwa, Gregory Mwakanongo, Stephen Osiro, Luke Gatimu, John Njogu and Grace Githua.
The trial Magistrate had yesterday after the accused took plea said he needed time to consider bail term to be afforded to the accused.
He said the prosecution had opposed the accused being released on bail on grounds that they disobeyed an order requiring them to appear in court on August 9 and as a result a warrant of arrest was issued by the Anti-Corruption Court by Mr Ogoti.
The accused through lawyers, Ochieng Oduol and Cliff Ombeta, argued that their clients were not served with an order to appear in court.
Last week, former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero was accused of conspiracy to commit offence of corruption leading to the loss of Sh213 million.
