Former National Museums Director General Mzalendo Kibunja was on Tuesday charged with misappropriation of Sh 491 M of public funds.
Kibunja was arraigned before a Milimani Abti-corruption court alongside four others and charged with conspiracy to commit corruption, abuse of office, money laundering, acquiring proceeds of crime, and financial misconduct, among other charges.
According to the chargesheet, Between July 2016 and June 2022 within Nairobi City County in the Republic of Kenya, being the Director General, the Director Human Resource, Administration, and the Ag. Director General, Payroll ICT officer and the Payroll Accountant respectively at the National Museums of Kenya, you jointly and knowingly entered into an arrangement to include names of persons purportedly as employees of National Museums of Kenya in the payroll of the said National Museums of Kenya whereupon the sum of Kshs. 491,214,551/= was paid as salaries and gratuity while having reason to believe that the said monies formed proceeds of crime.
They denied charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Victor Wakumile and through their lawyers asked court for lenient bail terms.
They were released on a bond of Ksh.5 million each with an alternative bond of Ksh 10 million.
The matter will be mentioned on June 2 for pre-trial
