An official tasked with the mandate of protecting the law is fighting for his dignity after being tied in a ksh 6,000,000 theft charge.
The advocate of the High Court was on Monday arraigned at the Kibera Law Courts over allegations of stealing sh 6 m from an account associated with the sale Processing Safety company.
Festum Murimi who is also the co-director of the said company did not take plea after Kibera Magistrate Boaz Ombewa declined an application by the state to detain the suspect for six days to allow further investigation.
While releasing the Murimi on a bond of one million with surety of similar amount, Ombewa said that the state did not give compelling reasons why the accused should not be released on bond adding, that he can be out while the investigations are on.
It is alleged that on the 15th of February 2019, Murimi reported the matter of his abduction at Kileleshwa Police station, where he alleged that the abductors forced him to withdrew 60,O00 USD from the account of KCB Bank based at Sarit Centre.
However contrary to his statement, CCTV footage showed that the accused withdrew the money and boarded a taxi that dropped him at Kinoo area.