| Published Thu, January 25th 2018 at 00:00, Updated January 24th 2018 at 23:56 GMT +3One of the wheelbarrows that was at the centre of the procurement saga. [Chrispen Sechere, Standard]A court has ruled that seven people facing corruption charges relating to the procurement of wheelbarrows for the county have a case to answer. Chief Magistrate Bildad Ochieng’ put the suspects, who were members of the tender committee that oversaw the procurement, on their defence after the prosecution closed its case citing fraud in the inflated wheelbarrow prices. A 2015 audit report indicated that the county government procured 10 wheelbarrows for slightly more than Sh1 million. State counsel Paul Ochieng’ opposed the application, saying investigations commenced and ended while the commission was fully in office.

Source: Standard Digital January 24, 2018 16:07 UTC