Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and others will spend the night at Kilimani police station until tomorrow noon, when the court will make a ruling on their bail application. Kidero and 15 others were on Monday arraigned in court and charged with multiple offences of corruption and abuse of office. Ndirangu Kariuki was granted a personal bond of Sh5 million to enable him to go to hospital for dialysis tomorrow. The defence lawyers, led by James Orengo, argued that Kidero and other accused have been attending court and should not be denied bail. “There are no compelling reasons to deny the accused bail.

Source: The Star April 29, 2019 15:28 UTC