How ex-PS Lilian Omollo beat charges in multi-million-shilling NYS case

Former Public Service and Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo has been freed of charges linked to the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal after the Court of Appeal allowed the termination of her case.

A three-judge bench of the appellate court overturned an earlier decision by the High Court declining to terminate charges of abuse of office and conspiracy to defraud against Ms Omollo.

The court said compelling the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to proceed with a prosecution he no longer believes in, for lack of evidence or because it is contrary to the public interest, would create an untenable situation.

It would, with near certainty, lead to a waste of scarce prosecutorial and judicial resources while saddling the accused with oppressive costs and anguish, the court said.