Gladys Shollei faces abuse of office charges

Former Judiciary Chief Registrar Gladys Shollei has been charged with abuse of office.

Mrs Shollei was also charged with failing to comply with the law relating to procurement in the issuance of a contract for the construction of Mavoko Law Courts.

She denied the charges before Chief Magistrate Felix Kombo. Shollei is being charged together with seven other Judiciary staff over loss of Sh18 million in the Judiciary.

The seven are the former Deputy Chief Registrar Kakai Kissinger, Martin Otieno Okwata (former Director Supply Chain Management), Benedict Abonyo Omollo (former Director of Finance) and Tender Committee members Wycliffe Wanga Ombunde, Nicholas Muturi Okemwa, Nicholas Mbeba and Thomas Oloo Atak.

They are accused of having increased the advance downpayment for construction of court buildings from 10 per cent to 50 per cent without the approval of the tender committee. They allegedly awarded a direct tender to Timsales Ltd.

They were also charged with abuse of office for awarding Timsales Ltd the tender for construction of Runyenjes Court Station without following procurement processes leading to the loss of Sh18.3 million.

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Shollei, Mr Kissinger, Mr Okwata and Mr Omollo were further charged with abuse of office for changing terms and conditions of a contract awarded to Timsales without the approval of the Tender Committee. The case will be mentioned on February 9.