Foreign Affairs Permanent
Secretary Thuita Mwangi was Thursday morning arraigned in court alongside Allan
Mburu to answer to four charges of alleged abuse of office and corruption
related crimes in the Ministry. The PS and Mburu, the Charge d’affaires at the
Kenyan Embassy in Tokyo did not however take plea after their lawyers objected,
demanding production of materials that formed basis of the charges.
The third suspect, Anthony Mwaniki Muchiri, who is Kenya’s ambassador to Libya has now been issued with summons to appear in court on March 14. The three are accused of breaching public trust by approving the purchase of property for the chancery of the Kenyan embassy and ambassador’s residence at a cost of 1.6 Billion Shillings while aware that a fair market price could have been obtained had proper procurement procedures been adhered to.
Mwangi and Mburu face two other counts of abuse of office and failure to comply with the law and procedures relating to procurement. Mwangi’s objection to taking of plea was presented by four lawyers led by Evans Monari, who insisted that the matter had been subjected to various investigations by a parliamentary committee and the Treasury and that the PS needed all documentations that informed the charge presented. Monari told the anti-corruption court that they will need to study and analyze all the investigation reports to enable their client take plea and write a precautionary statement. The two were released each on a 2 million shillings cash bail each by Senior Principal Magistrate Doreen Mulekyo who will give directions whether they should plead to the charges on 8th March.
The third suspect, Anthony Mwaniki Muchiri, who is Kenya’s ambassador to Libya has now been issued with summons to appear in court on March 14. The three are accused of breaching public trust by approving the purchase of property for the chancery of the Kenyan embassy and ambassador’s residence at a cost of 1.6 Billion Shillings while aware that a fair market price could have been obtained had proper procurement procedures been adhered to.
Mwangi and Mburu face two other counts of abuse of office and failure to comply with the law and procedures relating to procurement. Mwangi’s objection to taking of plea was presented by four lawyers led by Evans Monari, who insisted that the matter had been subjected to various investigations by a parliamentary committee and the Treasury and that the PS needed all documentations that informed the charge presented. Monari told the anti-corruption court that they will need to study and analyze all the investigation reports to enable their client take plea and write a precautionary statement. The two were released each on a 2 million shillings cash bail each by Senior Principal Magistrate Doreen Mulekyo who will give directions whether they should plead to the charges on 8th March.
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