Ex-Transport CS Kamau summoned to answer abuse of office charges

Ex-Transport CS Kamau summoned to answer abuse of office charges

The Anti-Corruption court has issued summons for former Transport CS Michael Kamau to appear in court to answer to abuse of office charges leveled against him.

In his ruling, anti-corruption Magistrate Douglas Ogot directed that Kamau appears on May 30, 2018 in relation to a Ksh.33million tender for Kamukunywa-Kaptama –Kapsokwony Sirisia Road.

“We are applying for summons to be issued to Engineer Michael Kamau to appear in court to answer to the charges he is facing,” Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Alloys Kemo told the court.

According to Prosecution, Kamau is alleged to have, on March 15, 2008, conspired with Ministerial Tender Committee members by allegedly ignoring Government regulations and re-designed the Kamukuywa-Kapsokwony-Sirisia road leading to a loss of 33,303,600 million Shillings.

Kamau is also accused of colluding with officials of the Kundan Singh Construction Company, which built the road, to trash the consultant’s design thereby resulting in massive embezzlement of the public funds.

The former CS is also charged with abuse of office charges where it is alleged that the he used their offices to cause the road to be re-designed despite its earlier design by EngiConsult Consulting Engineers Limited.

The former CS is expected to be charged afresh to four counts.

This will be the second time Kamau will be appearing before the court for trail after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ordered that he be charged afresh over corruption.

According to the DPP’s office, there is new evidence sufficient to convict the former CS whose previous case was dismissed by Court of Appeal.

Meanwhile two Enginners; Mwangi Maingi and Nicholas Nganga have pleaded not guilty to four counts among them abuse of office.

The two were released on a cash bail of Ksh.500, 000 each.

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