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National Youth Service (NYS) scandal suspect Anne Ngirita has spent a month at Lang’ata Women’s Prison.
Citizen Digital reports that Ngirita has been unable to get a surety to secure her release from prison as directed by a Nairobi court last month.
Anti-corruption court Magistrate Eunice Kagure on February 22nd ordered her detention after the surety who had stood bond for her withdrew.
The man only identified as Stephen withdrew his property which had previously been listed as Ngirita’s surety.
While granting a request by the surety to be allowed to withdraw the security, the magistrate noted that acting as someone’s surety is a voluntary decision, hence Stephen cannot be forced to continue staying on for Ngirita.
Ngirita, who had been out on bond since 2018, will attend court from prison until she secures an alternative surety or cash bail.
In the NYS case, she is charged alongside her sister Phyllis Ngirita, brother Jeremiah Gichini Ngirita, their mother Lucy Wambui Ngirita, and over 30 other suspects.
Before her detection, Ngirita had declared interest in the Nakuru woman representative seat after decamping to Jubilee Party from Deputy President William Ruto-led United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
On Monday, the hearing of the Sh226 million NYS scandal case was postponed after the court was informed that one of the suspects Evans Kundu had fallen ill.
Kundu, a former mechanical and transport director at NYS, is among 37 suspects charged with conspiracy to defraud the youth agency of millions of shillings in 2018. He is alleged to have conspired with his two brothers to register companies that were awarded Sh17 million tenders and paid by NYS without without supplying anything.
Court documents show Kundu used the proceeds to purchase properties and registered them in the names of his wife and daughter to conceal the scheme.
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Some of us believe in innocent until proven guilty. In a fair system, she would be free, waiting for whoever has that responsibility to prove her guilt. Holding her, is a conviction without trial. This case has been going on for years, the DPP need to either withdraw the case or prosecute, without delay. One of the suspect is sick, what happens if the suspect die?
Thieves must be treated as thieves. She embezzled a lot of money from the public. She belongs to jail.
Omollo and Waiguru need to join her.
There are untouchables big government officials involved in the theft it just happens that this woman doesn't know how to play the game.
Nonsense @onyango! Nonsense!
Are you saying it is ok to steal? What game playing are you talking about when public funds have been syphoned away!?
Only a month? And she still owes us the Ksh 60 M wasisahau.
That's a sorry wig!
..when one becomes a multi-millionaire, they become like a white person...n just when the metamorphosis had began, sh*t hit the fun, n walla, she became poor by the gavel....
Many of you forget the Covid are out there with no cases although they are known.
You are now convicting Ngirita because she doesn't have political backing.
She stole so much yet there is no money to secure her bond how is that even possible wacha apambane na hali yake since it appears the money that was stolen will never be recovered.
Not condoning what she did, I BELIEVE this is purely politically motivated witch hunt.
How comes, the likes of WAIGURU are still free??
I am not sadistic but I believe she needs to enjoy the ugali and beans for a while. Those poor women in Langata are there because of your greed. You stool public money remember!!