Kenya drops charges against top officials
HUMPHREY MALALO KENYA has dropped charges against two senior former officials who prosecutors said had agreed to provide testimony against a former finance minister and others accused of corruption over the awarding of tenders to build two dams. Kamau Thugge, at the time the number two official at the finance ministry, and Susan Koech, an official at the tourism ministry, were among a number of officials charged in the case a year ago, including then-Finance Minister Henry Rotich. "I have withdrawn charges against Thugge and Koech on instructions from Director of Public Prosecutions," said Alexander Muteti, a deputy assistant public…