[Jama addressing a press conference at a past function. He faces a court case where he is accused of illegally leasing ambulances.] (Photo/star.co.ke)
The court has thrown out invoice evidence presented by Governor Jama and six former Tender Committee members who are co-accused of failing to comply with procurement measures in a contract with the Kenya Red Cross Society’s Emergency Plus for leasing seven ambulances in 2014.
Senior magistrate Cosmas Maundu on Friday declined to grant the prosecution to question the accused while using the invoices as the basis.
He said the invoices will not be admitted as exhibits as their authenticity has been put to question by the head of Emergency Plus earlier on during her cross examination.
EACC financial analyst Timothy Wahome had informed the court they solely depended on the documents to forecast the Sh70 million deal that is under scrutiny.
However, the prosecution asked the court to be allowed to recall head of Emergency Plus to shade more light and verify the invoices.
A prosecution witness, former Water executive Muktar Bulale in Jama’s administration had directly linked the governor to the leasing of the ambulances un-procedurally.
He told the court that the process was rushed, done without requisite budgetary allocations and conducted without a proper cost benefit analysis. However, when pressed for more details and specifics, he claimed not remember thereby recanting some of his earlier claims.