The Anti Corruption Court has declined to gag the media from covering the KPLC case where former MD Ben Chumo is charged alongside other officials for allegedly looting Sh 409 million in faulty transformers tender. This is after the DPP and DCI raised concern of how the media had painted them in the case as having 'bungled' the investigations. Through assistant DPP Alexander Muteti, the two bosses had asked the court to reprimand the media for being malicious in the story covered yesterday. The court also heard that the DCI wrote to PPRA to investigate the tender days after the senior KPLC officials had already been charged and the defense argues that it was fishing for evidence. Read: Ex-KPLC managers say state is harassing themAlso read: Kenya Power ex-CEO Ben Chumo to be charged on corruption claimsClick here for the latest political news

Source: The Star December 19, 2018 11:02 UTC