Gladys Shollei has been charged with abuse of office and flouting procurement laws.
The former judiciary Chief registrar pleaded not guilty to accusations of changing terms and conditions in awarding a contract to Timsales company for the construction of Mavoko law courts without the approval of the Tender Committee.
Principal Magistrate Felix Kombo released her on bond of Sh1million or a Sh300,000 cash bail.
On January 5, Shollei to stop the DPP from raising further charges against her over abuse of office and flouting procurement laws.
She did not object to being charged but said she would rather face a "holistic process with an end in sight" as all the charges concern her exercise of powers, duties and functions as CRJ.
Shollei said it would only be fair for all the charges arising from her tenure to be conclusively investigated, consolidated and prosecuted.
Seven of her colleagues also faced fresh charges of abuse of office and disobeying procurement laws.
They denied the charges.
The case will be mentioned on February 9.