Ten people and a company charged alongside former Cabinet Secretaries Charity Ngilu and Michael Kamau in the Sh8 billion Karen land case have been freed.
The Court of Appeal quashed the criminal charges against the 11, saying they were investigated when there were no commissioners at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Those charged alongside Mrs Ngilu, now Kitui Governor, include former National Social Security Fund managing trustee Josephat Konzolo. They were accused of engaging in illegal transactions in the land deal.
Mrs Ngilu and Mr Kamau, who was accused of irregularly altering a drawing for a road leading to the loss of Sh33 million, were cleared earlier by the Court of Appeal.
Those charged alongside Mr Kamau included former Principal Secretary Gilbert Mong’are Arasa, who was being defended by lawyer Cecil Miller.
Terminating the cases, Court of Appeal Judges Milton Makhandia, William Ouko and Kathurima M’Inoti said the trial was irregular.
