Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok before the Senate's County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee at Bunge Towers. March 28, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Bomet Governor Hillary Kipng’eno Barchok has approached the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga, seeking to have his Sh2 million corruption charges dropped.
The new development emerged on Thursday, August 27, 2026, when the matter came up for mention before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court, where the Office of the DPP asked for more time to obtain directions from Ingonga on whether the charges should be withdrawn or not.
State prosecutor Mr Bore told Principal Magistrate Celesa Okore that the prosecution was still awaiting instructions from the DPP regarding the request made by the accused persons.
“My instruction, we are still waiting for directions from the DPP, Renson Ingonga. We will update the court before the next hearing date. As of today, we are yet to receive the directions from the DPP on the review of charges,” Bore told the court.
The mention had been scheduled to inform the court on the outcome of consultations on the out-of-court settlement and the DPP's position regarding the request to review the case.