A court Monday allowed the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution to drop graft charges against former National Hospital Insurance Fund CEO Geoffrey Mwangi.
A trial magistrate allowed an application by the DPP to have the Sh1.1 billion graft charges leveled against him dropped.
Trial Magistrate Victor Wakumile said the ODPP had given sufficient grounds to have Mwangi discharged.
He Monday gave the prosecution 15 days to review the entire file and inform the court on the way forward.
Mwangi who was a close friend to president William Ruto was 2018 charged alongside former CEO Simon Kirgotty, NHIF audit committee members Mudzo Nzili, Yussuf Ibrahim, Elly Nyaim, Danson Muchemi and his company Webtribe ltd and 13 others.
But the DPP withdrew the charges against Muchemi, Webtribe and Robert Muriithi and Muchemi and then turned Muchemi into a state witness.
This formed the basis of dropping the charges of Mwangi in the latest developments.
The DPP said there was no wrongdoing on the part of the Web tribe after reviewing the evidence.
Mwangi had 2022 made an attempt to have his graft case terminated following the withdrawal of the charges against Webtribe, a company he had been accused of conferring a benefit.
Mwangi had argued before Justice Esther Maina that withdrawing the charges against the company he is alleged to have conferred a benefit of Sh253 million should have prompted the prosecution to terminate the case against him.
But Maina dismissed his application then saying DPP had demonstrated decision to charge was based on sufficient evidence.
Mwangi joins dozens of others whose cases have been dropped in a string since President William Ruto took over power.
They include businesswoman Mary Wambui and her daughter and KRA chairman Tony Mwaura.
There are speculations Mwangi could be headed back to NHIF.
