12th June, 2018
High Court Judge Ong’udi to rule on bail applications for the NYS suspects on June 19. The suspects were denied bail last week after it emerged that they were a threats to peace and national security.
Milimani chief magistrate Douglas Ogoti cited this when remanding the 51 people accused of graft at the youth agency.
The accused persons, among them Gender PS Lillian Omollo and NYS director general Richard Ndubai, will be in custody until their trial.
Ogoti said he found that the charges facing the accused persons are grave offences affecting the country's economy.
He said the offences pose a serious threat to the financial health of the country, hence can lead to anarchy, are a threat to peace and national security.