The long-running Anglo Leasing corruption case, filed in 2015, now risks further delay after businessmen Deepak Kamani and Rashmi Kamani requested the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court to postpone their defense hearing.
The Kamani brothers, whose names have become synonymous with the Sh3.5 billion Anglo Leasing scandal, are seeking a stay of proceedings to allow the Court of Appeal time to hear and determine their intended appeal over a recent High Court ruling that reinstated the corruption charges against them.
On Friday, the move was opposed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and three former Permanent Secretaries (PSs) who are co-accused in the case.
When the matter came up before Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa for directions on defense hearing, lawyer Fred Ngatia, appearing for the three ex-PSs Joseph Magari (Finance), Dave Mwangi (Provincial Administration), and David Onyonka (Home Affairs) urged the court to separate their trial from that of the Kamani brothers to avoid being entangled in further prolonged litigation.
