Former Treasury CS Rotich fraud case postponed to June

The case had been scheduled for a further hearing on Thursday before magistrate Lawrence Mugambi.

The former Cabinet Secretary (CS) National Treasury, Henry Rotich Is accused of misappropriation of public funds relating to the construction of the Arror and Kimwarer Multipurpose Development Dam Projects. 

The former CS and four others have been charged jointly with a variety of offenses ranging from conspiracy to defraud, abuse of office, and failure to comply with various sections of the law while carrying out contracts that required the Kenyan government to pay approximately Ksh.63 billion for the construction of the two dams. 

According to the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP), when the case came up for plea on the amended charges on May 26, 2021, the former CS objected to the plea being taken on two counts. 

Rotich said the two counts did not specify what specifics he was to respond to under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and the Public Finance Management Act. 

In a ruling dated July 15, 2021, Magistrate Douglas Ogoti allowed the application by the prosecution to amend the charges within seven days.