Embattled Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa has lost a bid to block his prosecution against graft charges facing him.
Mwendwa was charged with a Ksh 38 million fraud on Tuesday and was granted a Ksh 10 million bail or bond of Ksh 15 million with two sureties of a similar amount. He was also asked to deposit his passport with the court and not access FKF offices without the permission of the court.
He has also been barred from interfering with any of the prosecution witnesses either directly or indirectly through his proxies.
Mwendwa has also been restrained from discussing the subject matter in any media until it's heard and determined.
The case will be mentioned on December 20.
Mwendwa had been in police custody since Friday afternoon after he was arrested in Ridgeways and taken to the DCI headquarters for questioning.
He was later detained at Gigiri police cells where he was Saturday picked from for further statement recording and taken back.
Prosecutors in the case asked for the file on the probe from police for perusal and action ahead of the planned arraignment.
His lawyer Eric Mutua said he was aware the prosecutors were in discussion with the police over the new developments.
Mutua said police informed him they will file a charge of alleged misappropriation of Sh8 million from the federation.
“The character of the accused person has demonstrated that he is willing to appear as and when ordered to appear.There is no demonstration that Mwendwa is a flight risk.” Mutua told the court.
Mwendwa was initially arrested on November 12 and spent a weekend behind bars before being released on a bail of Sh4 million as investigations continued.
Nairobi magistrate Wandia Nyamu dismissed the application after prosecutors, who had applied for seven days to enable them to conduct investigations, sought to close the file against him.
The magistrate ordered Mwendwa be refunded his bail payment. Mutua wrote a protest letter to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Director of Public Prosecution and the DCI over the new arrest.
“While Mwendwa was being driven by along Kiambu Road, his vehicle was intercepted by two unmarked vehicles, bundled into one of them and taken to DCI headquarters where he is being detained,” Mutua’s letter says.