A Nairobi court has ordered former Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Managing Director Dr Shem Ochuodho to defend himself in a case where he is accused of conspiring to defraud the oil parastatal of over Sh827 million.
Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Principal Magistrate Zipporah Gichana ruled that Dr Ochuodho and his co-accused, Janice Theresia Wanjiku Kiarie alias Terry Wijenje, a former director of Triple A Capital Ltd, have a case to answer. "I find that the prosecution has established a prima facie case against the accused persons here to enable each of them to mount a defence.
Accordingly, I put the accused persons on their defence," Magistrate Gichana ruled.
The court reached the decision after hearing testimonies from more than 20 prosecution witnesses in a case that has dragged on since 2010.
