The director of public prosecutions has approved money laundering and four other charges against management, trustees and an advocate of the Kenya Ports Authority Retirement Benefits Scheme, 2012.
The case concerns the fraudulent sale agreement for the purchase of 100 acres of land in Kikambala, Kilifi County, at Sh 700 million.
In a statement on Wednesday, DPP Noordin Haji said there was sufficient evidence to sustain charges of conspiracy to engage in corruption, breach of public trust, abuse of office, fraudulent acquisition of public property and dealing with suspect property.
Chairman Fredrick Otieno Oyugi will face the first three charges.
Lawyer Joseph Kanyi, of Kanyi J & Company Advocates. and Kikambala Development Company Limited director Jane Njeri Karanja will be charged with conspiracy and money laundering.
Mr Kanyi alone will be arraigned on the allegation of fraudulent acquisition of property.
The others who will face the conspiracy to commit corruption charge are Maurice Milimu Amahwa (pension administrator), and trustees John Karema, Renson Thoya Juma, Harry Arigi and Joy Asiena.
Ephraim Maina Rwingo, another director of Kikambala Development, will also face the conspiracy charge alongside the organisation, as a separate entity, and Seline Consultants Limited.
Mr Amahwa and the four trustees will also answer to the charges of breach of public trust and abuse of office.
Mr Rwingo and Seline Consultants, which he serves as director, will additionally be charged with dealing with suspect property.
[Article source: Daily Nation, by Jill Namatsi]
