NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – Former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero was on Thursday arrested by anti-corruption detectives following corruption allegations.
The officers raided Kidero’s home on Thursday at around 2 am and until his arrest, they had been camping at the residence in search of money and documents on the graft cases against the ex-governor.
Addressing journalists outside his home, Kidero said the move by the EACC detectives was pure harassment of his rights.
He wondered what evidence the detectives were looking for yet they did not find anything at his home in their first raid.
“I was arrested on the 9th of August. We have been in court twice and there is no evidence adduced. This morning, EACC came with a search warrant for my house. It would appear to me that they are looking for evidence because they never had evidence to arrest me in the first place. They should have had evidence before arresting me,” he said.
He said the officers were searching for what they don’t know.
Last month, the DPP Noordin Haji accused Kidero of receiving benefits of Sh10 million from Lodwar Wholesalers Limited on September 11, 2014, and Sh14 million on August 29, 2014.
He was also accused of committing the offence of conspiracy leading to loss of public funds amounting to Sh213 million for services not rendered when he served as a governor. Kidero denied the charges.
Dr. Kidero was first arrested on August 8 and, together with other former county officials who were not in court, charged with corruption and abuse of office.
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