Court suspends arrest warrant against Governor Bii, Barorot

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A court in Nakuru has suspended warrants of arrest that had been issued against Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii and his former Deputy John Barorot. https://shorturl.at/mxjrU

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00:00Honorable Dege, who is the magistrate hearing the case in relation to the Finland scholarship

00:07in Wasinkesu County, are suspended.

00:10The warrants of arrest issued earlier this morning against His Excellency Governor Chelilim,

00:16the warrant of arrest issued against the outgoing Deputy Governor Engineer Barorot, the warrants

00:21of arrest issued against Edwin Bates, the current County Secretary, the warrants of

00:26arrest issued against the outgoing County Attorney, Mr. Lell, all the warrants issued

00:32in relation to the four persons have been suspended, and we shall be canvassing, we

00:37shall be prosecuting the issue of lifting of all the warrants on Wednesday, the 11th

00:42of September, 2024, when the court will be mentioning this matter substantially, when

00:47all the advocates, when all the other parties in the defense will be present in court.

00:52We only are to apply for suspension this afternoon because the defense was absent,

00:57because the advocates were absent, and it was very necessary, because this is a matter

01:01of national interest, that the warrants of arrest issued against the Governor, the Deputy

01:06Governor, the outgoing County Secretary, and the outgoing County Attorney are suspended

01:11at the earliest, because they are always willing to come to court, they will be willing to

01:15come to court whenever they are required to come and shed light on any aspect of the Finland

01:20Fund, which they know or which they have interacted with in their official capacity.

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