This archive report was first published on 17 June 2020.
Published on June 17, 2020, officials from Rift Valley's Samburu County are facing graft charges worth Sh84.7 million in Nairobi.
Reuben Maruben, the Chief Officer for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Daniel Lenolkirina, Finance Chief Officer, and Geoffrey Marun, head of Supply, appeared before Chief Magistrate Samuel Mungai in Isiolo.
They were charged with various counts of corruption and violating procurement laws in awarding tenders for two tractors and two ploughs.
The case is connected to allegations of embezzlement of public funds in the award of a tender to CMC Motors Company Ltd worth Sh8,418,964 for the supply and delivery of the items.
Maruben was accused of using his office to improperly confer a benefit to the motor firm by unlawfully using direct procurement method to award and authorise payment.
He was also charged with fraudulently misrepresenting facts to influence the award of the tender, purporting to rely on procurement tendering documents of a previous year's contract which had already been concluded.
Lenolkirina faced charges of selling public property by unlawfully authorising and facilitating the payment of the amount to CMC by signing payment vouchers on June 8, 2015.
The magistrate released the suspects on a bond of Sh500,000 pending the mention of the case on June 30.
