Eight former and current Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) officials were charged on Wednesday morning with graft allegations before a Mombasa Magistrate Court. https://rb.gy/0656ra
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00:05 Between the 2nd April of 2014 and the 2nd June of 2015
00:20 at the Kenya Port Authority within Mombasa County
00:23 in the Republic of Kenya, being a senior clerical officer,
00:26 Kenya Port Authority, and an agent
00:28 of Chemiso East Africa, respectively,
00:32 with intent to defraud jointly obtained from the Kenya Port
00:35 Authority an award for the tender number KPA/36/2014/2015
00:41 /CE, valid at Kenya shillings 62,732,772
00:47 by falsely pretending to operate a business entity,
00:52 fraudulently registered under your access
00:54 to government procurement opportunities,
00:57 in brackets AGPO, a fact you knew or being
01:01 believed to be false.
01:02 Is it true or not, Robert?
01:05 Is it true or not, Ed Arube?
01:09 Let that be corrected.
01:11 I mean, right now, so that we know we have 10 pounds, not 11.
01:17 The only thing I may add, Your Honor,
01:19 is that with regard to accused number five, your base,
01:24 and accused number six, seven, and eight,
01:27 they are charged with only one count.
01:30 That is accused number five in count nine, which I hope--
01:37 in count 10, sorry, which would be nine.
01:40 And the others on count 11, which would be 10.
01:46 Such that when you consider, Your Honor,
01:48 if, as we have said, 50,000 was reasonable,
01:52 theirs should actually be half of that, Your Honor,
01:54 because it's not discrimination, but that
01:58 is the only allegation made against them.
02:02 Or we can say the only which hunting be placed on them.
02:05 That's all, Your Honor.
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