This archive report was first published on 23 October 2019.
On October 23, 2019, a dramatic turn of events unfolded at the courts as former Deputy Auditor General Stephen Ndung'u Kinuthia and 14 others, including his two sons, faced charges of irregular procurement of audit software.
The prosecution alleged that the software was procured at a whopping 100 million shillings, a staggering 82 million shillings more than the estimated cost of 18 million shillings.
The suspects, including Kinuthia's two sons, Mbugua Kinuthia and Karanja Kinuthia, and 12 current employees at the auditor general's office, denied the offences of conspiracy to commit an economic crime, conflict of interest, unlawful acquisition of public property, dealing with suspect property, and money laundering.
However, the prosecution sought to have the suspects barred from accessing their offices and to deposit their passports with the court, a request that was not opposed by the prosecution.
The bail application hearing is set for Wednesday, October 23, 2019.
