A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer was on Monday arraigned in a Nakuru court to answer to rape charges.
Evans Ochieng Okello was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Liz Gicheha and charged with defiling a 20-year-old girl in Lanet area on October 22.
The soldier however denied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Sh100,000 or a cash bond of Sh 200,000 with a surety of a similar amount, after his advocate Senior Counsel Steve Kabita, pleaded with the court to grant him bail.
The case will be mentioned on November 12 and hearing will proceed on December 10.
Meanwhile in the same court, a man was charged with defrauding his colleague of Sh200,000.
Ephantus Githinji was accused of obtaining Sh200,000 from Ayub Kuria through false pretense between the diverse dates of October 8 and 11 in Nakuru Town.
Githinji however denied the charges and was granted a cash bond of Sh 300,000.
The case will be heard on December 2.