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| Amos Kimunya |
By Joylene Sing’oei
Nairobi, Kenya: The Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has authorised charges against former minister Amos Kimunya over of abuse of office and fraudulent disposal and acquisition of public property.
The directive follows an investigation and recommendation by Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission.
The charges are in connection with a 25-acre piece of public land located in Njambini in Nyandarua County, which was part of a 75-acre land belonging to Ministry of Agriculture preserved for potatoes seed multiplication project.
Kimunya is alleged to have caused the land to be allocated to M/s Midlands Limited when he was the Minister for Lands without consent from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The former Kipipiri MP is further claimed to be the director and a shareholder in the said company.
He will be charged alongside Lilian Njenga who is the former Director of Land Adjudication and the Chairman of the Board of M/s Midlands Limited Mr Junghae Wainaina.
‘’The DPP is satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to prosecute the said persons’’, Tobiko said in a statement sent to newsroomson on Friday.
Tobiko, however, said the suspects are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial.
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