•The four were charged with abuse of office, engaging in a project without prior planning and willful failure to comply with applicable procedures
•Pangani OCS will be charged with raping 16 police women
An anti-corruption court will on Wednesday deliver a judgment on five top Kenya Pipeline Company managers charged with three counts relating to the loss of Sh1.9 billion in the construction of the Kisumu Oil Jetty.
They are; Joe Sang (Managing Director), Gloria Khafafa (company secretary), Vincent Cheruiyot (GM supply chain management), Billy Aseka (general manager infrastructure) and Nicholas Gitobu (procurement manager).
The four were charged with abuse of office, engaging in a project without prior planning and willful failure to comply with applicable procedures and guidelines relating to the management of public funds.
They denied the charges before chief magistrate Douglas Ongoti.
According to the charge sheet, between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, being persons whose functions concern the management of public property, they engaged in the construction of the Kisumu unplanned project.
The charges read as follows: Sang, between April 5, and May 31, 2017, being the MD, used his office to improperly confer a benefit to Southern Engineering Company Limited by awarding the tender for the construction of the Oil Jetty.
He was also charged with the willful failure to comply with applicable procedures and guidelines relating to the management of public funds.
From June 31, 2016, to date, Sang willfully allegedly failed to comply with the public finance management act by unlawfully authorising payment of Sh1.9 billion for the construction.
"Between May 1, and 31, 2017, Khafafa used his office to improperly confer a benefit to Southern Engineering Company Limited by executing a contract in respect of the tender for the construction of the Jetty at a cost of Sh1.9b that exceeded the approved budget," the charge sheet
Cheruiyot was charged with abuse of office."That on April 3, 2017, you used your office to improperly confer a benefit to Southern Engineering Company Limited by arbitrarily providing a professional opinion leading to the award of tender for the Jetty at the same cost".
Aseka is charged with an improper requisition for the construction of the Kisumu Oil Jetty.
"On or about October 5, 2017, you used your office to improperly requisition for the construction of the Kisumu Oil Jetty after tendering process had already been completed."
For Gitobu: "On January 17, 2017, you used your office to improperly initiate the procurement process of the construction of Kisumu Oil Jetty without a procurement plan."
Elsewhere, Pangani OCS will be charged with raping 16 police women in different police stations he has worked at Milimani chief magistrate court.