BY SAM ALFAN.
Former NTV news anchor Swaleh Salim can now breathe easy after Director of Public Prosecution Renson Ingonga indicated that he and others will not be facing graft charges.
DPP Ingonga told Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ikhubi that he won’t be preferring charges against Swaleh and 5 others.
Court heard the Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi forgive Swaleh and the matter will not be pursued further.
The former director of communications at the office of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi had been arrested and arraigned in court over claims of conspiracy to defraud foreigners.
The court indicated a file containing the accusations against the suspects following the development.
Swaleh , Otieno Japolo Michael, Terry Kemunto Sese, Daniel Omondi Gogo, John Musundi Wabomba and James William Mokoha have been out on bond as the police investigated the allegations.
The police had said they were investigating claims of conspiracy to commit a felony, attempt to obtain money by false pretence and impersonation.
The investigating officer inspector Nicholas Njoroge explained that the six were arrested on June 23, inside the office of the Director Press Service on suspicions of having committed various offences.
Njoroge states that the complainants were foreigners from Dubai and South Africa respectively who were lured to the country with an aim of securing a tender to contract two stadia for the upcoming AFCON 2027 games.
According to Njoroge, the complainants were made to believe that after the meeting at Prime cabinet secretary office, they would be given a tender ti build twi stadiums.
The foreigners were also to meet other Government officials from the ministries of Interior, Sport and Youth Affairs and two senators from the budget committee and sports committee with an aim of securing the tender.
The officer claimed that Swaleh allowed other suspects to hold a meeting with the foreigners in the PCS office where Japolo personated himself as the chairman of the Government delivery unit domiciled at the office of the prime cabinet secretary and would assist the foreigners in speeding up the tendering process.
It is alleged that the complainants were defrauded Sh5,850,000 as a registration fee before securing the tender.
The court heard that the respondents breached security protocol by entering the office of Prime Cabinet Secretary without appointment thus needed to investigate who aided their entry and other possible missions.
