Whoever sold him that outfit should be hanged by his balls with a piano wire.

The poor Gabana looks guilty ab-initio. He must have eaten something

The poor Gabana looks guilty ab-initio. He must have eaten something

Reprieve for besieged Kidero as court stays Sh213mn graft case

Kidero moved to the High Court claiming the charge sheet presented in court implicating him in the multi-million shilling scandal is defective.

The case was set to come up for hearing next week on Monday before a Chief Magistrate’s Court but will have to wait for the ruling by High Court Judge John Onyiego on the ex-governor’s application.

He is facing charges of conspiracy to defraud Nairobi County, but he argues it was anchored on a non-existent offence, that doesn’t warrant to be arbitrated in an Anti-Corruption Court.

“A charge sheet is the basis of a criminal trial. Once it’s defective there can never be a trial,” Kidero through his lawyer James Orengo argued.

According to Orengo, the prosecution had an ulterior motive by charging his client with the offence.

This is what they do until we reach 2022 and forget. Kenya

The trial of former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero in the Sh213 million corruption case will now proceed to full trial.

High Court judge John Onyiego on Tuesday lifted temporary orders he had issued on Thursday last week suspending the proceedings at the lower court.

Kidero and eight others are accused of conspiring to commit fraud, leading to the loss of Sh213,327,300 at the county government between January 16, 2014 and January 25, 2016. They allegedly authorised payments to various companies for services not rendered.

Kidero also sought to be charged separately, arguing that the 35 counts in the charge sheet were lumped together with the aim of embarrassing him. But the magistrate said that all the charges as preferred against Kidero met the threshold required in law.