But on Wednesday, Mr Haji said he is mulling plea bargain negotiations with those implicated. “We are looking at plea bargaining or deferred prosecution,” Mr Haji told a local television station interview. Under the Kenyan law, plea bargain deals are strictly confidential until the testimonies are collected by prosecutors and accepted by a judge. Deferred prosecution, on the other hand, is a type of plea bargain allowing a charge to be dropped under certain terms. KCB received a total of Sh800 million with Sh148.3 million being transacted illegally while Equity Bank received Sh886 million, out of which Sh264 million and $58,000 (about Sh5.8 million) was transacted suspiciously by officials of the bank, the DPP noted.

Source: Daily Nation March 17, 2019 06:45 UTC