The anti-corruption court has given the prosecution team additional time to question a cache of defense documents supplied by Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong in his Sh8 million graft case.
Godfrey Odongo, Ojaamong’s third witness, provided 30 documents in a bid to clear the governor of any misconduct in the solid waste management feasibility study case.
Among the documents are the Busia county supplementary appropriations law, the supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2013-14, budget projections, and the budget and appropriations committee report.
The prosecution informed anti-corruption magistrate Douglas Ogoti that they will need time to review the records and then file an application on the materials to which they will object.
“Given the nature of this case, I would not be in a position to analyze the same for the time being,” the court heard.
Odongo testified in court that there was no budgetary allocation for the feasibility study in the 2013-14 fiscal year, but that a supplementary budget was eventually given.
Snother eyewitness Jairus Oriko, the feasibility study’s supervisor, insisted that the organization given the Sh8 million tender completed the work.
Oriko drafted the terms of reference, which outlined what Madam R Enterprises (the corporation) will perform for Busia County.
He denied any ties to the governor, claiming that he was appointed as supervisor because he was the senior officer in the department in charge of the research.
The case was later scheduled for a hearing on August 23.
