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Echesa charged with extorting Kakamega Governor Barasa

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Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa. [File, Standard]

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Mohammed Echesa has been charged with an offence of allegedly extorting Kakamega governor Fernandes Barasa

Echesa who is also the chairman of Kenya Water Towers Agency was arraigned on Friday before Kibera senior principal magistrate Monica Maroro.

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