Samburu Governor Moses Kasaine Lenolkulal was on Tuesday slapped with the highest ever cash bail, after denying corruption charges before a Nairobi court.
Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti set the new bar by ordering Mr. Lenolkulal to deposit in court cash bail of Sh.100 million.
Court to free Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal Kasaine on KSh100M cash bail or KSh150M bond with surety of same amount.
— Cyprian Nyakundi Escobar (@CisNyakundi) April 2, 2019
He has been ordered not to step into office until case is determined. This is how to deal with corrupt leaders, heavy bail and lock them out of workplace.
The court gave the Samburu County boss an option of depositing a bond of Sh.150 million plus one surety of the same amount.
In addition to the bail terms,
BREAKING!!!
— Collins Okisai (@okisai_collins) April 2, 2019
Samburu Governor Moses Kasaine, a close ally of Ruto arrested over
Sh84Million fuel scam, 13 others in the soup. pic.twitter.com/RSeGYhafmx
The DPP through senior assistant DPP Alexander Muteti pleaded with the court to bar
DPP’s Press Statement on Investigation into Fraudulent Activities of Samburu County Government Officers.@EACCKenya#anticorruption_odpp pic.twitter.com/t21gMrErBL
— ODPP_KE (@ODPP_KE) April 2, 2019
The application was opposed by Mr Paul Nyamodi, who represented the governor saying the DPP should make a formal application and give them time to respond. The court said in the ruling that before the application is filed formally and determined, Mr Lenolkulal should keep off his offices.
Mr.Lenolkulal denied four counts including conspiracy to commit an
The court heard that the county government has been trading with a company known as Oryx Service Station, associated with Mr Lenolkulal. The petrol station has allegedly been supplying fuel to the county between 2013 and 2019.
It is alleged that
Earlier on February, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives raided the Samburu and Nairobi residences of Samburu Governor Samuel Kasaine Lenolkulal over Ksh. 2 billion expenditure that is believed to have been misappropriated.