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DPP drops charges against ex-PSs Thugge, Koech in dam scandals
Tuesday January 12 2021
Former PSs Susan Koech and Kamau Thugge in a Nairobi court on August 8, 2019, during the mention of the dam scandals case. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU | NMG
By SAM KIPLAGAT
Summary
The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has withdrawn charges against former Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge, who will now become a State witness against his former boss Henry Rotich over the Kimwarer and Arror dam scandals.
Mr Haji also withdrew charges against former Tourism and Wildlife PS Dr Susan Koech.
Through senior assistant DPP Alexander Muteti, Mr Haji said the two will be State witnesses in the trial of former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Rotich, other State officials and directors of an Italian company implicated in the scam.