Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula will be back in court today as the hearing of a case in which he's charged with theft of Sh122 million from the Government Advertising Agency resumes.
Savula is charged alongside former ICT PS Sammy Itemere for stealing the cash that was meant for paying pending bills to advertisers.
During a previous hearing, former Government Advertising Agency director Ngare Gituku told the court he was not aware of any conspiracy hatched by Savula and his 28 co-accused to defraud the government of Sh122.3 million.
Gituku told trial magistrate Lucas Onyina there was immense pressure from advertisers and an audit was conducted to verify the genuine pending bills owed to various media houses.
He was categorical that if any payment was made, it was because there were approvals and paper trails supporting payments.
The audit, he explained, revealed that some of the pending bills were for Melsab Company Limited, Johnnewton Agency Limited, Sunday Publishers, Express Media Group and Cross-Continental Agency Limited.
Savula, former PS Sammy Itemere and others are charged with stealing Sh122 million from the agency.
Itemere was the PS at the Ministry of Information, Communications, and Technology when the fraud was allegedly committed.
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