Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been granted a Ksh.2 million bond until his case is heard and resolved.
According to court records, the court granted the ex-CS bail petitions, claiming that doing so violated Echesa's right to liberty under Article 29 of the constitution.
According to a portion of the paperwork, "The applicant be and is hereby admitted to bail pending hearing of the application inter partes…the applicant to execute a personal bond of Kshs. 2 million."
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Echesa's application identified the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Inspector General of Police, and the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as the first, second, and third respondents, respectively.
In her virtual order, High Court Judge Diana Kavedza further prohibited the respondents from arresting or detaining the petitioner, who is now receiving medical care.
However, she requested that the accused be brought to the DCI headquarters for questioning before April 23, 2024.
“The applicant shall be escorted to the offices of the 1st respondent by his advocate as soon as he is discharged from the hospital and not later than the 22nd of April 2024 for interrogation and/or questioning and, he shall cooperate with the investigators during the entire period of investigations,” stated the judge.
“That pending hearing and determination of the application, the respondents, their servants, and/or agents including law enforcement officers are restrained and prohibited from arresting or detaining the applicant.”
The judge approved the applicants' requests, saying that Echesa's claim that he was wrongfully arrested while fulfilling the DCI's valid summons and that his health was also jeopardized justified the court's protection of his fundamental rights.
Echesa is accused of extorting Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa over a Ksh.39 billion fake arms case.
