It is a relief for Trans Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang after a Nairobi court acquitted him of fraud charges in Sh 25 million department of Defense fake tender.
Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego allowed the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to withdraw the case after the investigating officer confirmed to the court that the Senator had repaid Sh 17.9 million to the complainant.
The investigating officer confirmed that the money had been deposited into the bank account of his advocate.
Chesang had made an application to have the charges against him withdrawn on grounds that he was willing to pay Sh 17 million which was deposited in his account implicating him in the matter.
The Senator was charged alongside Clifford Okoth Ongugo alias Victor Wandera, David Kahi Ambuku, Cliff Moseti Obwogi, Boniface Kamau Macharia, Ellyshah Onyango Oswago, and Esther Kalungu Ngotho.
The seven were accused of conspiring to steal Sh 25,950,000 from Wil Developers and Construction Limited purporting it to be a payment for 175,000 Jute Gunny Bags allegedly delivered to the Department of Defence in service of a Contract Refence No. MODP/SUPPLS/0451-270/2017-18/SP.
It is alleged that the accused persons committed the offense between 28th December 2017 and 22nd March 2018 in Nairobi.
Chesang and his co-accused persons are also charged with obtaining a total of Sh 25 million from Johnson Wambua Mwanzia by pretending that they had acquired a tender to supply to supply Jute Gunny Bags to the Department of Defence.
The accused persons are also facing several charges of forgery and uttering forged documents.
