Suspended Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Joe Sang and four other senior officials of the state corporation have been charged over the loss of funds in the Kisumu oil jetty project.
Mr Sang, Ms Gloria Khafafa, Mr Vincent Korir Cheruiyot, Mr Billy Aseka and Mr Nicholas Gitobu, who spent the weekend in police cells, appeared before Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti at Milimani in Nairobi on Monday morning.
They faced charges of abuse of office and failure to comply with procedures relating with management of public funds over the construction of the Sh1.9-billion jetty.
The five accused were released on Sh2-million cash bail each after their lawyer, Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, argued that the charges were “generic and not serious”.
The prosecution did not oppose their release on bail but asked the court to issue strict bail terms.
The court also ordered the accused to execute a personal bond of Sh2 million or bond of Sh3 million with one surety of similar amount.