Mombasa County Finance CEC Has Been Arrested.
Mombasa County Finance CEC Evans Oanda has been arrested pursuant to a warrant of arrest issued for contempt of court, and he is currently in remand at Industrial Area GK prison in Nairobi.
The arrest warrant was sought by Associated Automobile Distributors (K) Limited and issued on May 31, 2024, by Justice J Ngaah.
“You are hereby directed to arrest the said chief officer and bring before this court to show cause why they should not be committed to jail for six months or for such other period that the court may prescribe, not exceeding six months,” Justice Ngaah said.
“And you are further ordered to return this warrant with an endorsement certifying the date and manner in which it has been executed, or reasons as to why it has not been executed,” he added.
Adding: “This is to authorise and command you to receive the accused into your custody and produce the said accused in court at 9 am, or soon thereafter, on the 23rd day of August 2024,”
According to The court ruling, the matter relates to Oanda’s failure to pay the applicant a sum of Sh67,557,859.92 owed by the Municipal Council of Mombasa.
It states that the initial amount due was Sh17,751, 529.10 as of April 4, 2008, which Oanda was ordered by the court to pay in his capacity as the accounting officer of Mombasa County him being the Finance CEC.
“That the honourable court be pleased to issue a warrant of arrest against the named 1st and 2nd Contemnors herein to be committed to civil jail for failing to pay the Applicant the sum of Sh17,751, 529.10 plus interest,” Justice Ngaah said in his ruling.
“Going by my earlier ruling, I see no reason why the application should not be granted, at least to the extent of issuing a fresh warrant of arrest against the current holders of these offices,” Justice Ngaah ruled.
Oanda faces up to six months imprisonment if found to be in contempt pending the hearing.
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