Director Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has recalled a police file in a case in which ten people among them two politicians linked to a Sh 67 million gold scam.
The case came up for plea-taking at Milimani Senior principal magistrate Esther Kimilu on Monday 20 January.
Nevertheless, the suspects did not take pleas since the police file had been forwarded to the DPP’s office for evaluation before deciding whether or not to charge them.
The 10 suspects are; Samuel Wathika Gathuru who is identified as a police officer, Moses Otieno Oketch, Patroba Odhiambo Tobias, Elisha Mbadi Kimbero, Teddy Samora Kowino, Loaennis Kaisarios, Mugabe Patrick Biriko, Seth Steve Okute, Bruno Otieno Oliende and Collins Kiprotich Langat now lies with DPP’s office.
Okute is a political figure who contested for the Karachuonyo parliamentary seat on the Orange Democratic Movement ticket in 2022, whereas Oliende ran as an Independent for the Suna East Parliamentary seat in Migori County.
At the same time, Okute and Oliende were accused separately of receiving USD 100,000 from Marjorie Grant, equal to Sh 12.7 million, by fraudulently claiming that Newsky’s Global freight Movers Intern Ltd could pay customs charges on 33 kg of gold shipped from Burkina Faso.
According to the prosecution the duo was nabbed following a report made by the victim, who has been identified as Ms Marjorie Grant, an American-based investor living in Los Angeles, California.
