Three Chinese nationals accused of offering a bribe in a bid to influence an ongoing investigation into the alleged multi-million shilling Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ticketing scandal have been denied bail.
The three, identified as Li Gen, Li Xiaowu and Sun Xin were arrested last weekend at the Mombasa SGR terminus after they allegedly offered Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officer Andrew Warui and his team a bribe of Sh500,000 in order to influence the direction of the probe.
The three were on Monday charged with three counts of offering a bribe in order to influence an ongoing criminal investigation. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In his ruling on Friday, Mombasa Chief Magistrate Julius Nang’ea has denied them bail, noting that the accused persons are a flight risk since they do not have fixed residences in Kenya.
The judge further notes that it would be hard to trace the three suspects if their employer dismisses them.
Justice Nang’ea has also ordered they be detained at Shimo la Tewa prison ahead of a pre-trial conference scheduled for December 10th, 2018.
The three, who are employees of the China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC), are said to be part of a cartel that steals more than Sh1 million per day by interfering with SGR passenger train’s ticket booking system.
Good. And please do not…
Good. And please do not deport them before they receive their full dose of local laws.
Trace the moneys and return…
Trace the moneys and return it to where they stole from. Where are their Kenyan cohots? They weren’t stealing alone. Go for them too. They should be in jail together.
Trace the money and return…
Trace the money and return it to where it belongs. By the way, these guys did not steal alone. Where are their Kenyan cohots? Thieves themselves. Go for them too. They belong in jail.
Why the f’ck do they have…
Why the f’ck do they have bottled water infront of them!! put them away for a long long time!!!! Chinese shamelessly putting up billboards (in Chinese no Swahili/English ) in Kenyan highways/freeways/streets! Disciplining SGR Kenyan citizens employees(….grown ass men yo) and by whipping them on their butts like kids! f’ck uhuru for selling our decency to Chinese government. Enough is enough
Good call Nang’ea. If these…
Good call Nang’ea. If these ching chong xuo took off there would be no way to know who is who at the airport or where ever. They all look alike.
@Milele Mkenya …
@Milele Mkenya @foreverkenyan:
Nimependa maneno yako ya ukweli juu ya ishara (signs) ambazo zimeandikwa kwa kichina. Ni lazima ishara zao zote zitolewe na ziwekwe za Kiswahili. Kwa nini Wakenya wanamwacha mkristo Uhuru kuturudisha kwenye ukoloni mara ya pili? Ukoloni ni ukoloni; unachafua akili yako na kuifanya isimame na kufa kabisa. Kwa nini hapa Marekani sijaona ishara yoyote iliyoandikwa kwa Kichina? Sisi sote tunajua ya kwamba Uchina na Marekani zinafanya biashara kubwa sana.
Pia, ni lazima hawa ndugu zetu Wachina wajifunze Kiswahili na kukitumia mahali popote nje ya nyumba zao. Lakini wakiwemo ndani ya nyumba zao, wanaweza kusema Kichina na pia kula mbwa. Serikali ya Kenya ilazimishe serikali ya Uchina kujenga shule Kenya ya kuwafundisha Wachina kusema Kiswahili.
I said it. The chinese…
I said it. The chinese ambassador will call and mlevi #1 will fold up like an umbrella after the rains.
They are foreigner of no fixed abode and they have been grated bail. Who wants to bet they will be back in China real soon.