Emmanuel Wafula Masungo, the Trans Nzoia chief officer for finance accused of conflict of interest and abuse of office alongside Governor George Natembeya will today plead to the charges.
Natembeya was last week charged with three counts of abuse of office and conflict of interest that led to an irregular acquisition of some Sh6.5 million public funds.
Masungo was not in court on that day and therefore did not take a plea.
The charge sheet shows Masungo knowingly acquired a direct pecuniary interest in the sum of Sh2,680,461 through Easterly Winds Limited, a company in which he had a private interest as the sole signatory.
The company traded with the county government of Trans Nzoia, where Masungo is the chief officer for finance.
He will also face a second count of unlawful acquisition of public property, being the payments that were made to his company. Masungo will plead to the charges before Principal Magistrate Zipporah Gichana of the anti-corruption court in Nairobi.
In the other anti-corruption court, Nyakach MP Aduma Owuor will today start his defence in a case where he is charged with abuse of office and conspiracy to defraud City Hall of Sh10 million.
The offences were committed in 2011 when Aduma served as the director of legal services at the defunct city council of Nairobi.
The two-term lawmaker has denied the charges but was found with a case to answer after the prosecution closed its case.
Aduma will start giving his defence testimony today before trial magistrate Victor Wakumile at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
At the criminal magistrate court, city lawyer Esther Bitutu will return for a mention of a case where she was freed on a Sh30 million bond after police sought to detain her for 21 days pending probe into a Sh1.5 billion Equity Bank heist.
Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina is expected to give directions on the way forward.
The state is expected to inform the court on the progress of investigations and whether the suspect should plead to fraud charges.
Investigating officer Chief Inspector Chrispinus Sore in a sworn affidavit told the court that Bitutu allegedly assisted prime suspects in the heist, including a senior Equity Bank manager, to steal the cash that was intended for staff salaries.
