Douglas Ogoti, an anti-corruption magistrate at Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi is now the talk of town after his ruling that denied 43 NYS suspects bond or bail over the alleged theft of Sh 9 Billion at the agency.
Many Kenyans were on Tuesday shocked as they did not expect such a ruling.
It was expected that the NYS suspects would be granted bond or bail after spending days in remand.
However, to their surprise, the no non-sense magistrate denied the suspects bail or bond, saying that the crimes they are charged with are serious.
“These crimes are serious and could cause anarchy as the prosecution has argued,” he ruled.
The magistrate ruled that the suspects among them Public Service Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo will remain in remand until when their cases will be heard and concluded.
But who is Ogoti ?
He is the same magistrate who sentenced former Nairobi Town clerk John Gakuo to three years imprisonment over Mavoko land cemetery last month.
He also recently sentenced a clerk at Huduma center to three years in jail or Sh500, 000 fine for soliciting a Sh2,500 bribe.
Ogoti is a trained lawyer and advocate of the High court.
He has over 10 years’ experience in prosecuting especially on matters economic and organized crimes.
He worked as State lawyer before being employed as a Magistrate two years ago.
Ogoti was based at the Mombasa Law courts before being transferred to Nairobi two months ago.
Corruption cartels are now freezing by the mention of Ogoti’s name and economic pundits argue that the magistrate ruling on Tuesday could be a warning as the war against graft intensifies.