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Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter, 2 others deny T-bill fraud charges

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Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter (left), Mr Johnstone Arthur Sakwa and Mr Madat Saburali appear before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi on February 19, 2018. PHOTO | MAUREEN KAKAH | NMG

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter and two other people accused of forging Sh633 million Treasury Bills have walked to temporary freedom after spending the weekend in police cells.

Mr Keter, Mr Madat Saburali and  Mr Johnstone Arthur Sakwa, directors of Desai Limited, were presented before a Nairobi court on Monday morning.

They pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud, making a false document, forgery and uttering a false document.

Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi released the three on Sh2 million cash bail or Sh5 million bond each.

The magistrate ordered that the MP be allowed unlimited access to his phone in the presence of detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.

He also directed the lawmaker to make formal application to Safaricom for his SMS conversation with the CBK governor since November 2017.

Mr Keter's phone was confiscated at the time of arrest but he had requested the court to have it returned to enable him prepare his defence.

CCTV footage

The magistrate also ordered that his lawyers be granted access to CCTV footage showing the time the three entered CBK premises on Friday, talks held with the CBK governor on that day until the time of their arrest.

The magistrate further directed the three to report to DCI headquarters once a week.

The prosecution had requested court to deny bond to Mr Chatur for allegedly possessing an ID belonging to someone else with the same particulars, and that his true identity is unknown.

However, the court ruled that that is not a sufficient reason deny an accused person bond.