A magistrate has crushed the wishes of powerful politician embattled with office abuse cases as the war on corruption continues to heighten in the country.
The High Court has dismissed former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero’s application following a Ksh213 Million corruption case.
In the application, Kidero had requested to be charged separately from the other 10 accused persons.
In the case, Kidero and the other suspects of the fraud were charged with conspiracy to defraud Nairobi City County of Ksh213 million.
Additionally, in his application, Kidero claimed that “count 1 of conspiracy to defraud was defective”.
In a ruling on Monday, Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti said the charges against Dr Kidero met the threshold required by law.
He said no evidence was placed before him to convince him to interfere with the charges.
The court also dismissed an application by directors of companies alleged to have fraudulently received payments from City Hall.