Treasury officials and business owners appeared before Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Rose Ndombi in Nairobi on August 19, 2026. [David Gichuru, Standard]
A Nairobi court has freed 11 suspects, including senior Treasury officials and business owners charged over an alleged Sh1.57 billion PROFIT programme fraud.
Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Rose Ndombi released the accused persons on varying cash bail terms ranging from Sh 300,000 to Sh 10 million after considering the seriousness of the charges, the amounts allegedly involved, and individual circumstances of each suspect.
Those freed are John Ngure Kabutha, the PROFIT Programme Coordinator; Nemwel Moturi Motanya Senior Assistant Accountant General at the National Treasury, John Maina Muriithi Senior Accountant at the National Treasury, Gladys Juliet Oroni, a businesswoman trading as Mawindo Enterprises, businessmen Brian Kiprop Chepkarat, Ian Kwemoi Chepkarat, Jimmy Carter Odoyo Osodo, James Omwodo Ndai, Josephat Kamau Igmau Kamoshe and several companies O2O Investments Limited and Vidi Vici Investment Limited.
Kabutha was granted a Sh10 million bond or Sh5 million cash bail with one contact person.
Former Treasury officials, Moturi and Maina were each granted a Sh5 million bond or Sh2 million cash bail.
While businesswoman Julient was granted a Sh20 million bond or Sh10 million cash bail with one contact person.