Two game rangers were Wednesday arraigned before Narok Law Court and charged with stealing Sh. 3, 570, 190 from Narok county government.
Moses Sangiriaki and Ezekiel Ratia were arraigned before Narok Senior Principal Magistrate Alex. K. Ithuku and were charged with two different accounts of breaking into a money deposit safe and committing a felony.
They were jointly accused that on the night of July 10, 2015 at Sekenani Gate in Narok South sub-county within Narok County,
together with others not in court broke into the safe of the county government and committed a felony namely stealing Sh. 3, 570, 190.
They were accused on second count of for failure to prevent unknown people from breaking into the safe notwithstanding their position as guard protecting the safe.
The money was part of revenue collected by Narok county government from tourists that visit the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
The suspects denied the charges and in their defense counsel on record Martin Ole Kamwaro accused the police for holding them in custody for more than 24 hours before arraigning the in court.
Mr Kamwaro applied requested for affordable bail terms since the accused were civil servants of Narok county government.
The case will be heard on 23 September after they were released on a bond of Sh. 1 million with a surety of a similar amount.
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