Court directs ex-anchor Salim Swaleh to appear for plea taking in Sh5.8m fraud case next week

The offence is said to have been committed on diverse dates between June 4, 2014, and June 22, 2014.

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  • According to the charge sheet, Japolo Otieno, Terry Kemunto, Daniel Omondi, Salim Swaleh and John Wabomba are alleged to have conspired to defraud Sh5.8 million from a consultancy company.
Salim Swaleh at Milimani Law Courts on June 24, 2024.
Salim Swaleh at Milimani Law Courts on June 24, 2024.
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Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's Press Secretary Salim Swaleh will plead to Sh5.8 million fraud charges on Wednesday next week.

The case came up today to confirm whether the DPP had made a decision to review the charges or have the matter proceed as it is.

But the court was informed that the application for review had been declined meaning Swaleh and his co-accused persons will take plea.

According to the charge sheet, Japolo Otieno, Terry Kemunto, Daniel Omondi, Salim Swaleh and John Wabomba are alleged to have conspired to defraud Sh5.8 million from a consultancy company.

The offence is said to have been committed on diverse dates between June 4, 2014, and June 22, 2014, at the Prime Cabinet Secretary's office, specifically at the office of the Director of Press Services, within Nairobi county.

"The five jointly with others not before court conspired to defraud $45,000 equivalent to Sh5.8 million from an engineering consultancy company, by falsely pretending that you were in a position to secure tender for construction of two stadia in Kenya, a fact you knew to be false," reads the charge sheet in part.

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