All of the suspects in the Sh9.5 billion Anglo leasing case have been acquitted by the anti-corruption court for lack of evidence to put them on their defense.
According to Trial Magistrate Martha Mutuku, the prosecution has failed to establish a prima facie case against all of the accused.
“They have all hereby acquitted under section 210 of the criminal procedure code. They have no case to answer. They have been set free,” said Hon. Mutuku
David Mwiraria, Joseph Magari, former PS Dave Mwangi, David Onyonka, Rashmi Kamani, Deepak Kamani, and Inforalent Limited were all accused in the case of conspiracy to defraud the government of Sh9.5 billion.
According to the charge sheet, the accused persons between July 2003 and June 2004 allegedly conspired with others not before the court to defraud the government of six million euros (Sh9.5 billion).
It is alleged that they conspired to defraud the government through a suppliers financing agreement for the computerization of security, law and order systems and procedures for the Kenya Police project code-named ‘E-cops’
