The Kshs633 million treasury bills graft case involving Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter took a fresh twist after it was reported that prosecution documents displaying evidence were missing.
This was revealed during the proceedings of the case at Milimani Law courts on Monday, December 17, 2018.
According to Daniel Karuri, the Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, 42 treasury bills had been misplaced while moving offices.
“The documents have just been misplaced but not lost, I am confident to say that we will locate them,” he assured Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andanyi.
He asked the court to adjourn the matter to another date to give them time to trace the documents.
The defence team representing Keter and the two other accused, however, argued that the prosecution was wasting time and insisted that they find the documents in an hours time.
Headed by lawyer Kimutai Bosek, the defence told the court that their client, Keter, was a legislator and therefore needed to be cleared fast to give him space to concentrate on his official duties.
Keter, alongside Arthur Sakwa and Madat Chatur, is accused of forging treasury bills, with intent to defraud the Central Bank of Kenya Kshs633 million.
They were charged with 11 counts of forgery, conspiracy to defraud and theft on February 19, 2018.
The accused, however, denied the charges against them and were released on a cash bail of Kshs2 million each.
In this latest court proceeding, the Chief Magistrate ruled in favour of the prosecution and set the next hearing for January 31, 2018.
