Former Nairobi county Governor Evans Kidero has lost an appeal at the High Court challenging the corruption charges leveled against him in a multi-million shillings fraud case.
Justice John Onyiego in dismissing Kidero’s application ruled the court did not find sufficient or convincing reasons to stop the prosecution of Kidero who had argued that the charges against him were faulty and meant to embarrass him.
Justice John Onyiego ruled that the criminal proceedings at the Magistrate’s court against Evans Kidero should proceed as scheduled as the former Governor of Nairobi will not suffer any prejudice before the hearing of his application.
Kidero had moved to the High Court to stop his prosecution claiming the charge sheet presented in court was defective. He also wanted to be charged separately.
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Kidero and 10 other suspects including former Nairobi County Secretary Lillian Ndegwa, ex-Chief Finance Officer Jimmy Kiamba are facing charges of abuse of office, fraudulent acquisition of public property, dealing with stolen public funds and conspiracy to defraud Nairobi City County of 213 million shillings.
Meanwhile the high court has dismissed an application seeking to block Professor Tom Ojienda as Law Society of Kenya nominee to the Judicial Service Commission.
Justice James Makau, said the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the petition, and the applicant Mark Ndungu should have considered arbitration before moving the court.
Elsewhere, the hearing of the application by Michael Oyomo and Caspal Obiero charged alongside Migori Governor Okoth Obado for the murder of Rongo university student Sharon Otieno and her unborn child has been fixed for the 29th of May 2019.The two are seeking the disqualification of Justice Jessie Lesiit from the case.
Oyamo and Obiero argue that they will not be given a fair and impartial trial by the judge who initially refused them bond and had already formed a preconceived opinion about them.
Finally a controversial Televangelist in Malindi has been arraigned and charged with three counts of incitement to disobedience of the law.
Pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church is accused possessing cinematoporaphic films intended to incite children against attending school. He denied the charges and handed cash bail of 500,000 shillings.
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