Edwin Ochieng Oduk, a suspected fraudster, was freed on cash bail on Thursday. He must return to the Kilimani Police Station DCI offices each day at 9 am for the next seven days as investigations continue.
The prosecution requested that the suspect be held for seven days while investigations are ongoing. Still, Kibra Senior Principal Magistrate Charles Mwaniki rejected this request, citing a lack of convincing evidence.
The prosecution asked to hold the suspect for seven days to strengthen their case. They claimed they needed this time to investigate the suspect's devices and find additional suspects still at large. Additionally, the prosecution said that Oduk posed a flight risk.
"Simply because a report was filed, but no investigation was conducted, likely, an investigation didn't begin before the suspect was taken into custody, and I am thus of the considered opinion that everything else can be done after the suspect is free...
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Oduk was granted a Ksh. 500,000 cash bail by Mwaniki also ordered him to appear and cooperate with authorities each day at 9 am for the following seven days.
Oduk was detained on suspicion of defrauding a French citizen in a case where he allegedly offered to process the release of USD 89 million (Ksh.12.8 billion) in a fictitious account and transport the money for the victim from Gabon to Ghana and Rwanda in cash, only to claim later that Kenyan authorities had seized the capital.
