Businessman Jacob Juma has asked the court to put the account on ice, accusing Dr Kidero of stealing Sh650 million belonging to Mumias Sugar Company, where he served as managing director.
The governor on Monday dismissed the application as an abuse of the judicial process, driven by political ill will.
The theft allegations, he said, were based on mere rumours and therefore have no legal basis.
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero wants the High Court to reject an application seeking to freeze his bank accounts, which currently have a balance of about Sh1 billion.
Businessman Jacob Juma has asked the court to put the accounts on ice, accusing Dr Kidero of stealing Sh650 million belonging to Mumias Sugar Company, where he served as managing director.
The governor on Monday dismissed Mr Juma's application as an abuse of the judicial process, driven by political ill will.
The theft allegations, he said, were based on mere rumours and therefore have no legal basis.
In a replying affidavit through lawyer Tom Ojienda, Dr Kidero said claims that he received Sh650 million on behalf of Mumias Sugar Company were unfounded.
“I never received the money in cash on behalf of the company. The sum alleged to have been paid to me by Y.H. Wholesalers Limited for the sale of 1,3450 metric tons of sugar was paid to the account belonging to Mumias Sugar Company through three different bank transfer transactions on different dates,” reads the affidavit filed before judge Isaac Lenaola.
"To freeze my accounts with respect to monies that I never took would be a great injustice to my person as I would be evidently curtailed in the use of my property due to the huge amounts of money the petitioner is requesting the court to freeze.”
He said allegations that he received the payment do not hold any water as there is evidence to show that the said amounts were, indeed, paid into a Mumias account.
