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Governor Obado to be charged afresh with conspiracy to embezzle Sh505m

Migori Governor Okoth Obado. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

A Nairobi court has ordered Migori Governor Okoth Obado to be charged afresh with conspiracy to defraud his own government of Sh505.6 million following discovery of new evidence.

Obado had opposed the new charges claiming that they are defective but Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi ruled that there was nothing wrong with the prosecution’s request to table the new developments.

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