The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ( ODPP) has refuted reports that charges against former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich have been dropped.
In a statement on Saturday, the ODPP stated that a report carried by a local daily claiming that all charges that the former Treasury CS was facing had been dropped was false.
"Contrary to reports appearing in the Business Daily on Friday, 16th July 2021, no charges have been dropped against the former Cabinet Secretary (CS) National Treasury, Henry Rotich, accused of misappropriation of public funds relating to the construction of the Arror and Kimwarer Multipurpose Development Dam Projects,” the statement issued on Saturday reads
Mr. Rotich alongside other four former senior government officials were charged with 21 charges related to misappropriation of public funds, abuse of office, and conspiracy to defraud the government of Ksh 63 billion for the construction of two dam's; Arror and Kimwarer.
According to the DPP when the case came up for plea taking on the amended charges in May, Mr. Rotich objected to the plea taking on two counts arguing that the counts didn't specify what specifics he was to respond to under the Anti- Corruption, and Economic Crime Act and the Public Finance Management Act.
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