Former Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong and eight others have been acquitted in the Sh8 million graft case.
Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Eunice Kagure Nyutu freed Ojaamong and his co-accused after ruling that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) failed to prove the corruption charges against them. "I have read the evidence as adduced in this case and find that the prosecution failed to prove all the charges against the accused persons under Section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and I acquit them accordingly," the magistrate Nyutu ruled.
In this case, the prosecution had called 20 witnesses in an attempt to prove its case.
However, the court found that their testimonies fell short of the threshold required for a conviction.
