Anti-corruption court will today give directions in a Sh40 million graft case against Embakasi North MP James Gakuya.
Gakuya was charged in 2018 with four counts of conflict of interest for allegedly awarding tenders for road construction to companies linked to him.
The MP was charged alongside Cleophas Omariba Oyaro (district accountant), Leah Waithera Guchu (fund account manager) and Constituency Development Fund (CDF) chairman Richard Mwangi Chuchu.
Prosecutors say Gakuya and his co-accused misappropriated CDF funds in the award of tenders for the construction of the roads.
Gakuya and the CDF officials are facing charges of fraudulent acquisition of public property, conflict of interest, conspiracy to defraud and willful failure to adhere to procurement and disposal laws
The prosecution says investigations by EACC established an irregular award of contracts, where the companies associated with Gakuya were awarded tenders worth Sh40 million and paid through bank accounts to which the MP was a signatory.
