{Isiolo Governor Godana Doyo was on Thursday charged with economic crimes and abuse of office.}
Mr Doyo appeared before Meru Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochieng and denied the charges.
Deputy Speaker David Lemantile, Assistant Assembly Clerk Boru Adan Jirima and Budget and Appropriation Committee chairman Abdi Sora Balla had on Tuesday appeared in court, where they were charged with similar offences.
The governor did not appear in court on Tuesday as he was bereaved.
Mr Doyo was released on a Sh4 million bond with a surety of a similar amount with an alternative of cash bail of Sh1 million.
He and the three others were charged with conspiracy to commit an economic crime.
The court heard that on December 11, 2014 they jointly, through corrupt and fraudulent practice, approved a false and misleading Sh3.3 billion Supplementary Appropriation Bill.
In the second count, they were accused of failing to comply with law and procedure in relation to incurring of expenditure.
They were also charged with abuse of office.
The charges stated that being public officers, they used their offices to improperly confer a benefit to the county government.
Source:Daily Nation:[Isiolo Governor Godana Doyo charged with graft, abuse of office->http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Isiolo-Governor-Godana-Doyo-charged–graft/-/1107872/3000246/-/j3jx4b/-/index.html]
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