NAIROBI, April 7: Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) chairman Sharad Ghai was charged in a Nairobi court on Thursday with stealing $3.3 million belonging to the sport’s governing body.

Ghai, who was arraigned before principal magistrate Wilbroda Juma, denied both two charges.

The first charge stated that he conspired with others between April and December 1999 to steal the money, which was set aside for a quadrangular tournament held in Nairobi that year. The second count charged him with the actual theft.

Juma ordered Ghai be released on a bond of $62,500. Further hearings are scheduled for April 21 and June 22.

Ghai was arrested by anti-corruption police on Tuesday.

Three months ago the government disbanded the KCA and installed an interim committee to run the association.—Agencies