The last prosecution witness in the Ksh 89 million fraud case against former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal told the court that five top officials charged with ex-Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal were not county workers at the time investigations into the Sh86 million corruption case began.
During cross-examination by defense counsels, investigating officer Joel Nyongesa stated that the investigation lasted from 2013 to 2019.
He confessed in court that the procurement procedure was already in place when the 5 were employed.
Josephine Naamo, Reubens Marumben, Linus Milton, Bernard Lesumrat, Lilian Balanga, and Geoffrey Barun are the five.
When asked if he recorded statements from any of the chief officers who were in office when the investigation began in 2013, the investigating officer responded no.
He further stated that none of the officers were affiliated to any of the pre-qualified firms and received no compensation from Oryx Service Station.
“There was a loss because that money was not supposed to be paid out in the first place,” he explained.
The charge sheet indicates Lenolkulal ‘knowingly acquired a direct private interest in contracts between Oryx and Samburu for the supply of fuel.
He is facing the charges alongside Hesbon Ndathi, and nine others are alleged they committed the offence between March 27, 2013, and March 25, 2019, in Maralal town.
In his testimony, Nyongesa said Lenolkulal used his proxies to conceal the real ownership of the Oryx service station in a bid to unlawfully acquire millions from the county.
He told trial magistrate Thomas Nzyuki that Ndathi was an agent used by Lenolkulal to benefit from unlawful transactions.
