{"id":2561,"date":"2020-02-14T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2020-02-14T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:16:16","slug":"echesa-granted-bail-in-sh39m-gun-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/echesa-granted-bail-in-sh39m-gun-fraud-case","title":{"rendered":"Echesa granted bail in Sh39m gun fraud case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa and his two co-accused were on Friday each granted a Sh1million cash bail in a case involving an\u00a0alleged fraudulent arms deal.<\/p>\n

They will, however, be remanded at Muthaiga Police Station until Monday at 6pm to give police time to complete investigating the case.Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will use the time to search their homes.The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Magistrate Court’s\u00a0Lucas Onyona ordered that they be released thereafter.<\/p>\n

Magistrate Onyona has barred the accused trio from contacting any of the witnesses lined up for the case.Prosecutors had requested the court that they\u00a0be held for 21 days\u00a0so that detectives could travel to the United States to check the authenticity of the documents found in the ex-CS\u2019s car.The documents were allegedly used in a fake tender deal\u00a0to supply the government with military surveillance equipment, guns, and ammunition.<\/p>\n

Echesa was\u00a0arrested yesterday\u00a0following a complaint by two gun dealers who claimed he had swindled them Sh11.5 million they had paid as \u2018consultancy fees\u2019.<\/em>The foreigners from the US and Poland-based Eco Advanced Technologies LLC claimed the former CS had promised to use his influence to help them secure the multi-billion shilling security tender.<\/p>\n

It also emerged that one of the American merchants keen to win the tender to supply guns and ammunition had been hosted by the former CS at Harambee House Annex Building, where Deputy President has his office.Police yesterday visited the building and recovered copies of the documents that Echesa had allegedly given to the investors.<\/p>\n

Rebuttal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Echesa argues his arrest is politically motivated and linked to the ongoing debate on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).His lawyer Evans Ondieki, in his opposition against the prosecution\u2019s request to detain him\u00a0longer, argued against the timing of the arrest. He held that the office of the DCI was being used to wage political battles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa and his two co-accused were on Friday each granted a Sh1million cash bail in a case involving an\u00a0alleged fraudulent arms deal. 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