The hearing of the Sh63 billion Arror and Kimwarer dams case against former Treasury CS Henry Rotich will proceed this morning after trial magistrate Eunice Nyutu on Monday declined a request by the prosecution to adjourn the matter.
Two witnesses, Felistas Kivisi and Boniface Mamboleo, are expected to take to the stand alongside Mutungu Mwai Wanjohi and Samuel Kimutai Kosgey against whom arrest warrants were issued on Monday.
The hearing was pushed after prosecutor Geoffrey Obiri said he was not ready to lead the witnesses through their testimonies on Monday afternoon.
He told the court he needed more time to prepare the witnesses.
The court directed the hearing to proceed on Tuesday from 9.30 am
Ayub Savula's case proceeds for hearing
In another court, the case in which former Lugari MP Ayub Savula, (now Kakamega deputy governor) is charged alongside former ICT Principal Secretary Sammy Itemere with stealing Sh122 million from the Government Advertising Agency proceeds for hearing.
A new witness who is a forensic expert will start testifying in the matter before trial magistrate Lucas Onyina at the Milimani law courts in Nairobi.
During a previous hearing, a former director at the agency Ngare Gituku who testified said he was not aware of any conspiracy by the accused persons to defraud the government of Sh122 million.
Oparanya case: Court to give directions on returning of seized Sh2m
Elsewhere, anti-corruption court chief magistrate Thomas Nzyoki will today give further directions in a case where former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya is seeking to have Sh2 million seized by EACC detectives from his home returned.
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission lawyers say the cash is part of items under probe as its source remains unknown.
However, Oparanya through lawyer Davis Osiemo says the cash was meant for school fees for her daughter and that there is no nexus between the money and the probe involving some Sh1.3 billion allegedly embezzled from the county coffers during his administration.