A senior Prisons officer and five others have today been arraigned in court charged with allegedly pocketing Sh301 million for goods not supplied.
The prison boss appeared in court together with his five co-accused persons.
Summons had been issued by Principal Magistrate Celesa Okore on Friday for them to appear in court today for plea-taking after six others were charged.
It is alleged that the Prisons senior officer, a cleaning supervisor and 14 others conspired to commit an offence of corruption and economic crime. It is alleged that they fraudulently acquired Sh301 million being payment for goods not supplied to the State Department of Correctional Services.
Today, other than the charge of conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, the Prisons chief faced three counts of abuse of office.
It's alleged that on August 29, 2016, he allegedly used his office to improperly confer a benefit of Sh72 million to three firms being payment for goods not supplied to the State Department for Correctional Services.
Another of the six accused on the other hand faced various counts of abuse of office. Being the principal Accountant at the State Department for Correctional Services, he allegedly also used his office to improperly confer a benefit of more than Sh200 million to companies associated with some of his co-accused persons.
The third accused, allegedly fraudulently acquired public property with Sh21,697,500.00 from the State Department for Correctional Services, for goods not supplied.
He is said to have committed this offence between October 24, 2017 and March 29, 2018, within the Republic of Kenya.
The accused persons denied all the charges levelled against them. The court applied the same bond terms granted to the first batch that was charged on Friday.
They will deposit Sh4 million as bail or Sh7 million bond to secure their release pending determination of the case.
The accused persons were also directed to deposit all their travel documents in court.
