Court dismisses governor Wamatangi bid to strike out Sh813m EACC recovery suit
1 million Justice Rose Ougo of the Milimani Anti-Corruption High Court on Friday dismissed five separate applications filed by Wamatangi and other defendants seeking to have them removed from the suit after finding that the case was not so hopeless as to warrant striking it out at the preliminary stage.
The ruling is a win for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) which the court directed to proceed with its recovery case over money allegedly linked to irregular road tenders awarded to companies associated with the the county and his alleged associates.
Kiambu Governor Paul Kimani Wamatangi and six others have suffered a setback after the High Court rejected bids to strike out an EACC case seeking recovery of Sh813.
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