Court to rule on Tokyo Embassy case next week
What you need to know:
Their trial has take over five years now.
Investigations were finalised in 2009.
The former PS is facing three counts of conspiracy to commit offence of corruption .
Suspects in the Sh 1.5 billion Japan embassy fraud case will know their fate next week when a ruling will be made on whether they have a case to answer.
In the case, former Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi is charged alongside ex-ambassador, Mr Antony Mwaniki, and Mr Allan Waweru Mburu with multiple counts of corruption and abuse of office originating from a questioned purchase of a building for the Kenyan embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
The suspects have been on trial over the roles they played in a deal in which the government reportedly lost Sh1.5 billion.
Their trial, which has taken over five years, started after the High Court declined to stop their prosecution and ruled that the court in which they were charged was best placed to determine the case. Investigations were finalised in 2009.
The former PS is facing three counts of conspiracy to commit offence of corruption .
Mr Mwangi and Mr Mburu are accused of facilitating the purchase of the chancery and an ambassador’s residence in Tokyo at Sh800 million above the market value.
The prosecution had asked the court to put the suspects on their defence.
A ruling on whether the suspects should be put on their defence will be made on March 30.
