This archive report was first published on 23 July 2019.
On July 23, 2019, National Treasury CS Henry Rotich and his docket Permanent Secretary Kamau Thugge were released on Sh50 million bail and a surety of a similar amount or Sh15 million cash bail after being arraigned at Milimani Law Courts over the multi-billion Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti, the defence team lawyer Kioko Kilukumi requested the court to release the suspects on bail on reasonable terms under the law.
CS Rotich and PS Thugge were among the 28 officials who spent a night in police custody following their arrest on Monday, July 22, 2019, over the stalled Sh65 billion dams that were to be constructed in Elgeyo Marakwet.
The multi-billion-shilling scandal involves the construction of two dams, and Rotich first recorded a statement with the DCI over the stalled Sh65 billion dam projects in the country in February 2019.
On March 6, 2019, the CS was again grilled for a day as investigations into the dam projects intensified.
