Five other prison service officers were today arraigned in court charged with fraudulently acquiring Sh301 million for goods not supplied to the correctional Institution.
One of the accused persons Benjamin Obuya Njoga, a senior prison service officer, appeared in court together with his five co-accused persons to answer various charges of committing corruption offences.
This comes after summons had been issued by Principal Magistrate Celesa Okore on Friday for them to appear in court today for plea-taking after their absence in Court on the same day.
According to the Prosecution, the Prisons senior officer and 13 others conspired to commit corruption and other economic crimes on diverse dates between July 1, 2014, and March 29, 2018.
It is alleged that they fraudulently acquired Sh301 million being payment for goods not supplied to the State Department of Correctional Services.
Benjamin Obuya Njoga on his part is alleged that on August 29, 2016, used his office to improperly confer a benefit of Sh72 million to three firms being payment for goods not supplied to the State Department for Correctional Services.
The third accused, Joseph Kamau Mwangi allegedly fraudulently acquired public property worth Sh21,697,500.00 from the State Department for Correctional Services, for goods not supplied.
He is said to have committed this offence between October 24, 2017, and March 29, 2018, within the Republic of Kenya.
All the accused persons denied the charges and were released on Ksh 7 million bond with an alternative cash bail of Ksh 4 million each.
