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A Nairobi court has granted the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) more time to file a formal application to review charges preferred against Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula and 28 others.

Savula and his co-accused are facing charges of allegedly stealing Sh 122 million from the Government Advertising Agency (GAA).

When the matter came up for mention yesterday before Milimani chief magistrate Lukas Onyina, the prosecution asked for more time to file a formal application on the review of the charges.

“Your honour we are seeking for more time to file a formal application before this court on reviewing the charges on some of the accused persons in the case. By next week we will be ready “, the prosecution told the court.

However, the lawyer representing Savula, Cohen Amanya requested the court to set another date saying his client is set to travel for an official duty in China from December 5.

“I request the court to release Ayub Savula’s passport because he is scheduled to travel to China on official duty for 10 days. Kindly grant us the request”, Amanya told the court.

The magistrate allowed the application by the DPP and released the passport to Savula as he set the case to be mentioned on February 7. In October, the prosecution had also requested for indulgence of the court to enable them to take out the hearing dates of the case.