This archive report was first published on 23 July 2019.
On July 22, 2019, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge made history as the first sitting Cabinet Secretary to be arrested and taken to court in relation to graft charges.
The duo, alongside 16 other suspects, denied over 10 counts of graft-related charges in the Arror and Kimwarer Dams scandal.
According to court documents, the suspects were accused of conspiring to defraud the government 244 million shillings in the development of Kimwarer multi-purpose dam between September 17, 2014, and September 2018.
The prosecution alleged that the suspects also committed multiple counts, including abuse of office, conspiracy to commit an economic crime, conferring a benefit, single sourcing for the insurance of the projects, and approving payment contrary to the law.
The court ordered the suspects to surrender their passports and travel documents within 8 hours and barred them from accessing their offices.
Rotich and Thugge were released on bail with the judge setting the bail terms at 15 million shillings cash bail or bond of 50 million shillings.
The case will be mentioned on August 8, 2019.
