Former Kisumu County speaker Onyango Oloo has been charged afresh over the Lake Basin Mall scandal.

Onyango Oloo and ten other people have been charged afresh over the construction of Sh4.1 billion Lake Mall in which the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) says costs were inflated to defraud taxpayers.

Oloo was charged alongside former Lake Basin managing director Peter Abok and others.

The two, Oloo and Abok pleaded not guilty to 21 counts.

Meanwhile, three accused persons in the case have filed an application challenging the charge sheet.

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The court directed that they serve the other parties first.

The court was however told that the three accused persons in the case have engaged national treasurer PS, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), and Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) for having the matter be resolved out of court.

The accused persons in the case are charged with conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption among other charges.