The Court will on Tuesday rule whether Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s Press Secretary Salim Swaleh and 5 other co-accused will remain in custody for 14 days pending investigations over alleged fraud.
Swaleh and his co-accused were arrested on Sunday over alleged fraud at the Prime Cabinet Secretary's Office.
According to the miscellaneous application, the complainants are foreigners from Dubai and South Africa.
They were allegedly lured into the country to secure a tender to construct two stadiums for the upcoming AFCON 2027 games.
It is alleged that the complaints were to be defrauded over Kes 5 million as a registration fee before the security of the tender.
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‘The complainants were Made to believe that after the meeting at prime CS office they would meet the government officials from the ministry of Sports, interior and youth affairs,two senators from budget committee of parliament and sports committee with an aim of security the tender of building the two stadia,” court was told.
Similarly, they say that upon entering Swaleh's office, the first suspect allegedly paved the way for the other respondents to hold a meeting with the foreigners, during which the first suspect personated himself as the chairman of the Government delivery unit and would assist the foreigners in speeding up the tendering process.
The investigations need time to record statements based on U.A.E and company registration details from relevant offices
