Former Garissa governor Ali Korane is a free man after a Nairobi court allowed an application by the DPP to withdraw his Sh233 million graft case.
Magistrate Zipporah Gichana okayed the withdrawal after the DPP said they had established that all the projects earmarked to be financed by the funds subject to the court case had been delivered as intended.
The prosecution in its application told the court it was satisfied that no public finances had been misappropriated and they no longer desired to continue with the case under such circumstances.
Korane was in 2021 charged with misappropriation of Sh233,506,000 meant for a World Bank-funded project.
The funds were allocated to the county as a conditional grant from Kenya Urban Support Programme.
The charges allegedly involve a conspiracy to commit an offence of economic crime, misappropriation of public funds and willful failure to comply with the law relating to the management of public funds.
The offences are said to have been committed between February 25 and September 30, 2019.
Four witnesses had testified since the hearing started in 2021.