Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero will remain in police cells for another night following his arrest on Friday, April 26.
The court, on Monday, directed that Kidero, alongside several other suspects, be remanded at Kilimani Police Station pending a ruling on his bail application on Tuesday afternoon.
They were arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts where Kidero was charged with abuse of office, money laundering, conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, unlawful acquisition of public property and dealing with suspect property.
In a statement by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the suspects were apprehended following alleged irregular payment of Ksh68 million by the Nairobi City Government to Wachira Mburu, Mwangi and company advocates.
The money is said to have been paid in two installments of Ksh10 million and Ksh8 million between June of 2011 and January of 2014.
A member of the firm, Steven Kariuki, was instructed by Aduma Owuor, the former AG Director Legal Affairs and now an MP of Nyakach constituency, to act on behalf of the city council without following the right procedure.
Investigations revealed that no services had been rendered to the County following the payments, hence, the entire amount is said to have been embezzled.
EACC initially submitted the duplicate inquiry file to the office of the DPP on December 11, 2018, and upon perusal and consideration of the evidence therein, a number of gaps were identified that required to be covered by way of further investigations before changes could be filed in court.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) gave consent for the prosecution of the matter.
The evidence by the EACC found sufficient evidence to also support criminal charges against Aduma Joshua Owuor, the former AG Director Legal Affairs, John Ndirangu Kariuki, former Mayor, then Nairobi City Council and Paul Mutunga Mutungi, the then Councilor at the Nairobi City Council among others.
