The 48 suspects in the Sh9 billion NYS scandal were reprieved on Tuesday by the High Court's decision to grant them release pending their trial.
Judge Hedwig Ong'udi freed them on Sh5 million bond with sureties of Sh2 million each, with concurrent cash bails of Sh1 million each.
Ong'udi
noted, however, that they
cannot contact witnesses.
The suspects were also ordered to surrender their passports and were barred from accessing their offices without police officers.
They are also expected to report to the DCI office once a week
pending their trial.
Among the suspects who had been remanded were Public Service PS Lilian Omollo and National Youth Service Director General Richard Ndubai.
They were denied bail on June 5 and were to remain in remand until the end of their trial.
The charges range from abuse of office, conspiracy to commit economic crimes, willful failure to comply with applicable laws and theft of public property.
Days later,
113 accounts held in 13 banks were frozen as detectives zeroed on the
scandal.
One hundred and thirteen accounts held in 13 banks have been frozen as detectives zero in the NYS multibillion-shilling scandal.
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