The court has finally released the Kenya Pipeline Managing Director and others arrested for a cash bail of 2 million Shillings each. The suspects denied the fraud charges labelled against them and the court ordered their release.
They were represented by countries top lawyers: Ahmednasir, Professor Ojiende and the controversial lawyer Cliff Ombeta among other countries top brains who fought hard for their release.
Ahmednassir started a tough battle with the prosecution side. He tarnished the evidence as lacking proper threshold to warrant any prosecution of their clients.
He further requested the court to only apply a bail of two hundred thousand to their clients. Any figure above that he said will be considered as treason.
According to the prosecution was charged with abuse of office which Ahmednassir urged that any person could be charged with abuse of office including reporting to work late is an abuse of office.
"Anyone can be charged with abuse of office; coming late to your office is an abuse of office your honor" ~ Ahmednasir #SemaNaCitizen pic.twitter.com/m2cMd7dPEh
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 10, 2018
Some of the managers who had been arrested include the head of procurement Vincent Cheruiyot and legal officer Gloria Khafafa.
The search for other managers implicated in the Sh1 billion scam is still ongoing.
Sang and the other suspects were being held at the Muthaiga police station.
The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti then ordered his officers to round up all those to be charged.
Sang submitted a letter to the KPC board on Wednesday indicating that he would not be seeking a new term as Managing Director next year.
KPC is no doubt one of the corporations riddled with mega corruption scandals that have seen billions of taxpayers’ money either stolen or misappropriated.
The series of scandals kicked off during the 2013/14 financial year when KPC tendered to deliver 60 hydrant pit valves for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at a cost of Sh647 million.
Hydrant pit valves are gadgets used for refuelling aircrafts.
Aero Dispenser Valves Ltd was awarded the tender to supply the items following a procurement process that investigations later revealed was flawed.
EACC detectives said the tender was inflated – 60 hydrant pit valves at a cost of Sh647 million meant that one valve was supplied at an average cost of Sh10 million, almost ten times the actual price of Sh1.5 million.
On May 24 this year, EACC detectives raided the offices and residences of KPC officials who handled the procurement and retrieved documents that chief executive Halakhe Waqo said were crucial in the investigation.
During the same 2013-14 fiscal year, KPC entered into another flawed procurement in the purchase of composite sleeve repair kits at a cost of Sh404 million.
Composite sleeves are used to restore corroded or damaged sections of a pipeline to a safe operating condition without shutting down operations.
The latest scandal to hit KPC is the fuel loss scandal where oil marketers are demanding Sh1.16 billion in compensation for the loss of Sh11 million litres of fuel through pilferage and spillage.