This archive report was first published on 18 November 2019.
Kenya's ambassador to Malaysia, Ruth Kanini Kitony, is facing corruption charges worth Sh48.9 million from the Kasarani Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
Ms Kitony, who formerly served as a district development officer employed by the CDF board, has written to Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji urging him to review the decision to charge her.
She is charged alongside former Kasarani member of Parliament Elizabeth Ongoro and 20 other accused persons in a case that concerns the construction of Kasarani Girls' High School between May 9, 2008 and December 10, 2012.
However, the other accused persons in the case complained that Ms Kitony was being favoured and that they were facing discrimination.
Defence lawyers Dunstan Omari and George Wajackoyah questioned the DPP’s exercise of powers in deciding to prosecute the 22 people charged in the case.
Ms Kitony is accused of improperly conferring a benefit of Sh1,033,000 to Jecinta Akoth Opondi and Maurice Odhiambo Orongo, trading as Kamala Construction, for the supply of building materials for the school project.
The case will be mentioned on November 26.
