- Meanwhile, the High Court will today deliver judgment in a case in which Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama challenged his conviction in a Sh60 million graft case.
- In his appeal, Arama argued that the evidence tendered by the prosecution that led to his conviction was insufficient and the same should be reversed.
Suspects arrested for the unprocedural release of condemned sugar into the market will today be arraigned.
They include businessman Chrispus Waithaka, the alleged mastermind behind the theft of condemned sugar worth Sh163 million, who was arrested by detectives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday night after arriving from Dubai.
Waithaka is the director of Assets and Cargo Limited and he witnessed the breaking of customs seals on the 40 containers of condemned sugar on April 20, police said.
He will be arraigned alongside senior officials of the Kenya Bureau of Standards and Kenya Revenue Authority to face charges of abuse of office and conspiracy to commit a crime among others.
Detectives aware of the probe said investigations into the sugar scandal have been completed and the case file has been forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions who is expected to approve charges against the suspects.
Meanwhile, the High Court will today deliver judgment in a case in which Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama challenged his conviction in a Sh60 million graft case.
In his appeal, Arama argued that the evidence tendered by the prosecution that led to his conviction was insufficient and the same should be reversed.
Arama was in March last year found guilty of defrauding a businessman of his land worth Sh60 million.
He was convicted alongside four others -John Mwaura, Daniel Kimori, Charles Birundu and Kennedy Begi - on conspiracy to defraud charges.
They were found guilty of conspiring to defraud one Ahmed Nisar of his plot within Nakuru municipality, by faking land registration documents.
In his judgment, Milimani senior principal magistrate Victor Wakumile said the prosecution demonstrated clearly during the trial that all the accused persons acted in concert and participated individually at various stages towards the processing of the transfer of lease which has been found to be a fraudulent document.
Arama in his appeal before the High Court said the magistrate made a mistake in admitting evidence based on suspicion to convict him.
Justice Patricia Nyaundi who heard the appeal will read out her judgment today.