A Nakuru court has given the prosecution the last adjournment to proceed with the hearing of a case against a Kericho magistrate alleged to have received a bribe from a suspect to rule in his favour.
The prosecution requested for adjournment and said that they are still waiting for instructions and a file from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
On October 2, the court ordered the return a laptop seized during the arrest of Kericho Resident Magistrate Judith Achieng' pending hearing that was set for Monday October 26.
Achieng' is charged on two counts of allegedly receiving a Sh30,000 bribe from Wilson Yegon through her court clerk Robert Cheruiyot who at the time acted as an interpreter on August 20 and 27 at Kericho Law Courts.
According to the charge sheet, Cheruiyot faced four counts of illegally receiving money amounting to Sh80,000 from Yegon as an inducement to facilitate a favourable ruling.
On September 3, they both denied the charges before Principle Magistrate Wakumile Ndururu and were released on a surety bond of Sh50,000 with one surety and an alternative cash bail of Sh20,000.
The two were arrested on August 20 by officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for allegedly taking Sh20,000 bribe from Yegon who had been accused of running a bar without a licence in 2014 and the matter was awaiting judgement.
The accused's lawyer, David Mongeri told the court that there was no compelling reason to prevent the case from proceeding.
Senior Principle Magistrate Liz Gicheha on Monday ordered the prosecution to be ready in two weeks and gave the case a final adjournment.
The case will be heard on November 9.