Former minister Chris Obure, others acquitted in Anglo leading case

Former Minister Chris Obure, former Ministry of Transport Permanent Secretary Sammy Kyungu and former Secretary Ministry of Finance Samwel Chamobo Bundotich were on Friday acquitted from the Sh 928 million Anglo Leasing graft case. 

A Nairobi court on Friday ruled that the prosecution failed to prove all the charges against the suspects. 

In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Ann Mwangi said that although the suspects played a role in the execution of the project,  they did not act arbitrarily and did not award any benefit to themselves.

Obure, who is eyeing the Kisii gubernatorial seat while addressing the media outside the court after the ruling, said: “All this has now come to an end and the truth has finally come out. What the magistrate said is that we did not derive any benefits out of any decisions we took and the contract we executed during that period.”

The court had in September last year ruled that the three had a case to answer in the Anglo leasing scandal over the procurement of VSAT satellite for the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK).

They faced various counts for offences committed between March and July 2002 among them abuse of office and breach of trust against the public.