the world and he was burdented to take responsibility and lead everyone safely.
Today, Evil has engalfed the world and people must be prepared for Reform against
the wicked.
Threshold for Responsibility and Integrity for Reform Change is here and CJ Mutunga
has done Kenyans proud. It is Congratulation to him for playing wise and all people
of good intentions must join with him. No one will be too powerful to weigh down the
Reform Change and no amount of killings will stop reform from taking its full circle to
change the evil of corruption.
By BENARD NAMUNANE bnamunane@ke.nationmedia.com ANd DAVE OPIYO dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Thursday, January 10 2013 at 00:29
The Hague chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda may be forced to seek assistance from foreign countries to compel Kenya to give the court access to government officers and security agents.
This would affect those who were in charge of post-election violence hotspots.
Ms Bensouda gave the strongest signal yet on Wednesday night as she submitted her evidence and list of witnesses to the International Criminal Court Judges that she has gathered against four Kenyans who are facing charges of crimes against humanity.
She however concealed the names of witnesses and crucial evidence for the safety of those intended to testify against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Eldoret North MP William Ruto, former Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang.
"In her submissions, she accused the government of failing to cooperate with the ICC by not giving access to Provincial Commissioners and Police Chiefs who were in charge of areas which were hit most by the post-election chaos.
Consequently, she indicated to the Trial Judges that she may amend her list of witnesses and evidence against the four suspects in future if the Kenya government agrees to give her access to the officers.
"The prosecution hereby gives notice to the Chamber that in future, it may seek leave to amend the list of witnesses and or the list of evidence pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 35(2) of the Regulations of the Court if it obtains certain materials that it seeks to tender into evidence or succeeds in securing cooperation of certain witnesses that it has identified that it wishes to interview," says the Prosecutor.
"These materials and or persons are the subject of certain governmental and or institutional restrictions for which the Prosecution has requested cooperation from a number of states pursuant to their co-operation obligations under Part 9 of the Statute, but which have not yet been received," she goes on.
Sources said the government has blocked the ICC from accessing wealth declarations of the suspects, freezing their accounts and reports of the National Security Intelligence Service at the time of the post election violence.
Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai is said to have required the ICC team to make formal applications to access the said records with a requirement that it will take a Cabinet approval for The Hague investigation to access NSIS reports.
Ms Bensouda was also said to have requested to interview Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi who chairs the Parliamentary Committee on Security but Prof Muigai reportedly told the ICC Prosecutor that the MP had the last decision
on whether he wanted to be interviewed or not.
Faced with such challenges in a case that she is determined to prove that Mr Kenyatta, Mr Ruto, Mr Muthaura and Mr Sang bore the greatest responsibility, the ICC prosecutor appears to be ready to seek the assistance of foreign countries and agencies to gain access to the witnesses and evidence.
Sources from the legal teams of the suspects said Ms Bensouda could approach the US, Britain, the US Agency for International Development, the Danish Development Agency and locally, the Kenya Red Cross who were greatly involved during the post election violence.
"The Prosecution may also address the Chamber, when and if necessary, pursuant to Articles 93(1)(l) and 64(6)(b) of the Rome Statute, to obtain a request to one or more States Parties to provide assistance with respect to facilitating access to the above mentioned persons and materials or requiring witnesses' attendance before the Court," said Ms Bensouda.
However, she hastily stated that talks to gain access to the individuals and the evidence with the government of Kenya are at an advanced stage.
"The Prosecution has already approached several State parties, including the government of Kenya, in order to gain access to such individuals and materials. Discussions regarding the terms and conditions of such access are still ongoing," she went on.
Media houses
Apart from the PC and the PPOs Ms Bensouda will also seek the permission of media houses to use the video recordings in their libraries to prove that the violence was organised by a distinct group targeting civilians.
She also wants to be allowed to gain access to medical records of some of the victims in public hospitals in areas which were hit most by the violence.
Ms Bensouda said in the case involving Mr Ruto and Mr Sang, the prosecution estimates that it will require approximately 826 hours of court time to question 43 witnesses and three experts and expects that the defence will also require the same time.
For the second case, involving Mr Ruto and Mr Muthaura, she expects to spend 572 hours questioning 31 witnesses and three experts.
"The hours estimated do not however include time that the Chamber may grant to the Office of Public Counsel for Victims or the common legal representative to question prosecution witnesses, or time that the Chamber may use to question witnesses," she said.
Questions raised as police impound IEBC election material
Updated 11 hrs 29 mins ago
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
Nairobi, Kenya: Security concerns are being raised on election materials after Administration Police officers in Nairobi on Tuesday evening impounded thousands of bags belonging to the Independent Elections and Boundary Commission (IEBC) that were being rebranded from a private house.
The bags were part of a Sh80 million tender awarded to a private firm by the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for supply and delivery of election materials.
The director of the firm was unable to explain to security agents why he was transferring material from a government warehouse to a private residence, with inadequate security, to rebrand them with just 54 days to the General Election. The bags in question are issued to clerks recruited by the electoral body to carry election materials. The APs from Utawala police post were holding the suspect cache of more than 200,000 bags that were being offloaded from a lorry to a private residence under construction in the area.
The police officers from the nearby Utawala police post said they had noticed suspicious movements when the lorry had delivered the first batch and returned with another batch.
On inquiring what the lorry was carrying, it turned out to be the bags with the logo of IIEC, the predecessor of IEBC.
A Mr Omondi who arrived at the scene moments after the bags were impounded explained to the police that IEBC had awarded him a tender to re-brand 279,100 bags at a cost of Sh13.9 million. He gave the police the documents to show he had won the tender and an LPO to supply them but could not provide documents authorising the movement and re-branding of the bags.
According to the documents given to the police, Omondi's company, Hopeland Advertising and Design Limited, was given the tender to supply various materials to IEBC; which include 36,000 polling station banners, 580 constituency Tallying Centre banners, 94 county tallying centre banners, two national tallying centre banners and the rebranding of the IEBC bags. The cost of the entire tender is quoted as Sh79,971,800.
However, police were not convinced with the documents and asked him to provide other letters allowing him to rebrand the bags since the tender letter and the LPO provided were not enough to prove legitimate ownership of the bags.
By Wednesday, the cops were still holding the vehicle at the scene and were yet to ascertain if the documents provided by the owner of the house were genuine.
According to Austin Otieno of Hopeland Limited, there was nothing sinister in the bags being transferred from Government warehouse in Industrial Area to the private residence.
"You can verify from the documents that were procedural in transferring those bags from the Government ware house to the area. We opted to use that property which is owned by Omondi since there is space," Otieno who identified himself as an administrator of Hopeland told The Standard on phone.
In the backdrop of this latest development, IEBC chair Isaack Hassan had Wednesday assured President Kibaki that the everything was set for the March 4 polls.
The Head of State also assured that security would be given priority and the Government would mobilise officers from all State security agencies to ensure a secure and peaceful election. In this regard, a meeting will be held between the IEBC, the National Police Service and Provincial Administration to discuss security development during the polls.
ICC tightens Uhuru, Ruto murder charges
Updated Wednesday, January 09 2013 at 16:18 GMT+3
 |
| DPM Uhuru Kenyatta and former Head of Civil Service, Francis Muthaura at The ICC during the confirmation of charges, in 2012. [Photo: File/Standard] |
By Evelyn Kwamboka
KENYA: The ICC Prosecutor now says she has additional incriminating evidence sufficient to sustain murder charges against Mr Uhuru Kenyatta, Mr William Ruto and two other Kenyan suspects.
The enhanced murder charges were contained in updated documents of charges prepared by Gambia-born Fatou Bensouda on the serious crimes against humanity facing the four Kenyans.
The new document reasserts alleged meetings held at State House, Nairobi, with Uhuru playing the central role in planning the revenge attacks witnessed in Naivasha.
As for Ruto who the prosecutor saddles with the Kiambaa church killings in Eldoret, the Prosecutor introduces a new list of alleged accomplices he was supposed to have worked with in mobilising, coordinating and commanding the killings in the Rift Valley.
Key among the names is that of Industrialisation minister and Tinderet MP Henry Kosgey, who initially the prosecution sought to have indicted alongside the four, before he was let off for lack of evidence that the judges felt would sustain trial.
Also listed as Ruto's accomplices, though not for purposes of being charged by to show the depth of alleged planning and execution of a 'common plan' with military precision, are four senior former security officials from the Rift Valley.
They are two former military generals, John Koech and Augustine Cheruiyot, as well as former GSU and presidential service Commandant Samson Cherambos, who incidentally was one of the witnesses Ruto took to The Hague during pre-trial stage in a bid to clear his own name.
Also mentioned along this line is former international athlete killed in the clashes, Lucas Sang, as well as Mount Elgon MP Fred Kapondi.
Also listed as an accomplice is a renowned businessman and big-time farmer in Eldoret, Mr Jackson Kibor, a former ally of Ruto who was at first charged in a Kenyan court with the violence, but the charges were later dropped.
In her documents Bensouda outlined the kind of weaponry, strategies adopted to corner the targets of violence, the locations of attacks, and the manner in which the victims were executed as well as how the assaults were carried out and communication among perpetrators conveyed, to anchor the enhanced count she wants them charged with.
The evidence supporting murder charges during the 2007-2008 post-election violence, she made clear; also apply for the counts facing former Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura, who is charged alongside Uhuru, and Kass FM's head of operations Mr Joshua Arap Sang, who shares his charges with Ruto.
It now means that Uhuru, who is the Jubilee alliance presidential candidate, and Ruto who is his running mate, will have to put up a bigger fight to extricate themselves from the cases that will start shortly after the March 4 elections, and on the day of a runoff if there will be one.
The additional evidence against Uhuru, who like the other three suspects, has denied he played a role in mobilising arming, coordinating and paying the two sets of attackers, is linked to six specific murders in which guns were used in Naivasha.
Ruto is also alleged to have been behind the murder at Nandi Hills where three people were killed as a result of petrol bombs. The attackers in Nandi Hills also allegedly used bows and arrows during the election violence according to the new evidence.
Bensouda says the additional evidence will convince the Pre-Trial Chamber to confirm the murder charges touching on those two areas.
"The prosecution respectfully informs the Chamber that since the confirmation hearing, the prosecution has obtained additional evidence to substantiate this factual allegation," she said in her submissions.
Accordingly, the prosecution intends to apply to the Pre-Trial Chamber to include the allegation touching on the murders to the court.
The new evidence on the Naivasha killings shows that victims were shot and their bodies mutilated to conceal gunshot wounds.
If the Pre-Trial Chamber judges confirm the alleged claims, the prosecution will have no option but to seek the Trial Chamber's permission to re-insert that charge.
Bensouda said the application was aimed at properly putting the defence team on notice. The prosecutor said that in the event she does not seek confirmation of the additional evidence, the prosecution might seek to lead the evidence during trial.
The latest twist comes following the Trial Chamber's decision to order the prosecution to remove the claims on six victims who were allegedly killed by gunshot wounds from the murder charge against Uhuru and Muthaura.
The evidence was also expunged over the three murders allegedly committed through Ruto and Sang's support in Nandi Hills town-ship.
Bensouda argues that Uhuru and Muthaura committed murder and forcibly transferred the population by allegedly adopting the common plan to commit widespread and systematic attacks in retaliation against perceived Orange Democratic Movement supporters in Naivasha and Nakuru.
They are also alleged to have established links with the outlawed Mungiki sect and secured support and services for President Kibaki's Party of National Unity and making use of existing outlawed Mungiki sect structures by establishing a localised level of subordinates among PNU politicians.
The document filed at the ICC court on January 5 further indicates that this allowed them maximum control over the attacks.
"Kenyatta and Muthaura participated in multiple meetings at State House in Nairobi on December 30, 2007 and about January 3, 2008 at the Nairobi Club," says the updated document.
The meetings were allegedly held to activate the Mungiki and pro-PNU youths by placing the organisation under their central authority and to implement a common plan.
Uhuru and Muthaura allegedly committed the crimes against humanity by soliciting the support and contribution of local politicians and businessmen, providing funds and weapons to direct perpetrators.
Lawyers defending Muthaura countered allegations that he instructed the police not to interfere with attacks in Rift valley.
The prosecution claims Mungiki and PNU youth were deployed in various parts of Nakuru where targeted communities were attacked using petrol bombs, knives, machetes and guns.
The prosecution claims in the document that the attackers shot their victims between January 24 and 27, 2008 and mutilated their bodies to conceal gunshot wounds in areas such as Kaptembwa, Sewege, Ponda Mali, Barut and Kapkures.
"From on or about January 27 to 28, 2008, Muthaura and Kenyatta committed, jointly with each other and through members of the Mungiki group and pro-PNU youth, crime against humanity of the murder of civilians perceived to be supporters of ODM," Bensouda stated.
Within that period, the prosecution said at least 23 victims were killed, including 13 children, in Naivasha.
It was in Nakuru that Mungiki and pro-PNU youth went from house to house rounding up and forcibly circumcising men from one community using pangas and broken bottles.
"Six people were treated at the Provincial General Hospital of Nakuru for traumatic circumcision," charges Bensouda.
According to the prosecution, Rift Valley suffered the biggest brunt of the violence with 700 deaths and 400,000 forcible transfers of the population recorded.
Ruto and Sang's defence counsel are to grapple with claims that between 2006 to January 2008, their clients, along with others, planned to forcibly evict from the province members of three communities that were perceived to be PNU supporters.
This they were to allegedly do in a bid to have the region vote as a bloc in future general elections.
"Ruto and Sang knew that their conduct was part of, or intended for their conduct to be part of, a widespread or systematic attack," she charges.
"Perpetrators armed with arrows and machetes attacked Langas on January 1, 2008," she stated.
MPs award themselves Sh9m send off perk
Updated 1 hrs 40 mins ago
By Peter Opiyo
NAIROBI; KENYA: MPs engaged in yet another nocturnal conspiracy to hand themselves hefty gratuity payment of Sh9.3 million each.
They also lavished President Kibaki with a sweetheart retirement deal handing him Sh12.6 million lump sum pay. On top of this, the President would get Sh560,000 monthly pension, an entertainment allowance of Sh105,000 and Sh161,000 house allowance. The President earns a monthly basic salary of Sh700,000.
Also to benefit are Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Speaker Kenneth Marende and his Deputy Farah Maalim, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his deputies Uhuru Kenyatta and Musalia Mudavadi.
In the gravy train, are heads of Security Forces, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice and his Deputy and Secretary to the Cabinet.
Worryingly, the MPs reinstated the Sh9.3 gratuity payment rejected by President Kibaki just less than a month ago. The gratuity had been contained in amendments to the Finance Bill 2012 but the MPs sneaked it in another Bill, The Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill 2012.
All eyes would now be on the President as the deal can only be executed if he assents to the two Bills- Presidential Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Bill and The Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill 2012.
Calculated to cover all the 224 MPs, the taxpayer would cough at least Sh2 billion to pamper the legislators.
Coming with the package is one armed security guard, diplomatic passport for both the MP and the spouse, access to VIP lounge at all airports within Kenya and a maintenance expense for all.
Finance Minister Robinson Githae sneaked the amendments on Wednesday night to hand the MPs the package. Curiously, the amendments were not printed on the Order Paper and was only hinted at by Githae on the floor and endorsed without any reference to their contents.
The package is arrived at by calculating at 31 per cent of the MPs' basic pay of Sh200,000 per month from the time they were sworn in on January 15, 2008 up to August 26, 2010.
Thereafter, they would benefit from 31 per cent of their gross pay of Sh851,000 as severance pay from August 27, 2010 until January 14, 2013 when their term expires.
Also to benefit from the pay are the retired Speakers of the National Assembly and Senate and their deputies, the Prime Minister, the Vice President, the Deputy Prime Ministers, Chief Justice and their Deputies, Chief of Defence Force, Director of National Intelligence Service, Secretary to the Cabinet, Inspector General of Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
According to the Bill, the retired Speakers, Deputy Presidents and Chief Justice would get a monthly pension of 80 per cent of their monthly salary, a monthly house allowance of 15 per cent of their salary and lump-sum pay equal to one and a half years' salary payable for each term served.
This means the Speaker and VP who earn a monthly basic pay of Sh300,000 would get a monthly pension of Sh240,000, a house allowance of Sh45,000 and a lump sum of Sh5.4 million each.
PM and his deputies, deputy Speakers, Deputy CJ, the Attorney General, Chief of Defence Forces, Secretary to the Cabinet, Inspector General of Police, Director of NIS and DPP would have their monthly pension calculated at 35 per cent of their monthly pay, a house allowance of 15 per cent of their salary and a lump-sum payment equal to one year's pay for every term served.
Also going to the President would be a fuel allowance of Sh105,000 and Sh161,000 as electricity, water and telephone allowance.
The President would also enjoy a full medical and hospital cover, both locally and abroad. This would also cover the spouse and his children aged below 18 years.
According to the The Presidential Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2012, passed by Parliament, retired Presidents would also be entitled to two personal assistants, four secretaries, four messengers and four drivers.
The retired President would also be entitled to a maximum of six guards for personal escort and a maximum of six security guards stationed both at his urban and rural residences. Two cooks, two housekeepers, two gardeners, two laundry persons and four house cleaners.
Also in the Presidential package to be footed by the taxpayer are office maintenance, maintenance expenses of vehicles, diplomatic passport, local travel, international travel allowance of up to four trips in a year, not exceeding two weeks each. The retired President would also be allowed access to VIP lounge to all airports within Kenya.
CJ shuffles Judges
SHARE THIS STORY
January 10th 2013
Updated 5 hrs 35 mins ago
By Beatrice Obwocha
NAIROBI, KENYA: Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on Thursday reshuffled judges and decentralised the Court of Appeal to three towns in a bid to ease backlog of cases.
The Court of Appeal will now permanently sit in Kisumu, Nyeri and Mombasa.
Dr Mutunga also announced the appointment of five new heads of High Court divisions as well as resident judges for six stations across the country to replace those appointed to the Court of Appeal.
In the changes, Mutunga announced that three Court of Appeal Judges will sit in Mombasa, saying they will be based in Malindi where the judiciary has an ultra-modern building.
Appellate judges posted to Mombasa are Justice Alnashir Visram, Justice Asike Makhandia and Justice Prof Otieno Odek.
Court of Appeal judges who will serve in Kisumu are Justices Daniel Maraga, Fatuma Sichale, Sankale Ole Kantai and Festus Azangalala.
Appellate Judges Martha Koome, John Mwera, Patrick Kiage Mohammed Warsame have been posted to Nyeri.
Mutunga left 16 judges at the Court of Appeal in Nairobi. They area Justices Erastus Githinji, Onyango Otieno, Kihara Kariuki, Wanjiru Karanja, Roselyne Nambuye, Kalpana Rawal, GBM Kariuki, Daniel Musinga, Philomena Mwilu, William Ouko, Agnes Murgor, Kathurima M'inoti, Stephen Kairu, Jamila Mohammed, Hannah Okwengu and Philip Waki.
Dr Mutunga also appointed Justice Prof Joel Ngugi as acting director of the Judiciary Training Institute in addition to his role as the Head of the Judiciary Transformation Secretariat.
The CJ also appointed new heads of High Court divisions.
Justice Luka Kimaru has been appointed to Head the Family division, Justice Isaac Lenaola is in charge of Constitutional Division while Justice Msagha Mbogholi, who is the Principal Judge of the High Court, will be in charge of the Criminal division.
Justice Pauline Nyamweya has been appointed to head the Land and Environment division, Justice Weldon Korir heads the Judicial Review Division while Justice Hatari Waweru will be in charge of Civil Division.
Commercial and Admiralty Division will be headed by Justice George Kanyi Kimondo while Industrial Court head is Justice Mathews Nderi Nduma.
The CJ said it was necessary to reorganise operations in the Judiciary in order to ensure continued access to and expeditious delivery of justice
"The recent appointment of eight High Court judges to the Court of Appeal, as well as determinations by the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board, have created capacity constraints in the Judiciary," he said.
He also announced that the Court of Appeal will meet on February 18 to elect their President as well as pick their representative to the Judicial Service Commission.
HIGH COURT/ INDUSTRIAL COURT/ LAND & ENVIRONMENT COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
I Malindi
1. Justice Alnashir Visram
2. Justice Asike Makhandia
3. Justice Prof Otieno Odek
II. Kisumu
4. Justice Daniel Maraga
5. Justice Fatuma Sichale
6. Justice Sankale Ole Kantai
7. Justice Festus Azangalala
III. Nyeri
8. Justice Martha Koome
21. Justice William Ouko
22. Justice Agnes Murgor
23. Justice Kathurima M'inoti
24. Justice Stephen Kairu
25. Justice Jamila Mohammed
26. Justice Hannah Okwengu – On Study Leave
27. Justice Philip Waki – On Sabbatical Leave
I Criminal Division
1. Justice Msagha Mbogholi – Principal Judge of the High Court
2. Justice Fred Ochieng
3. Justice Florence Muchemi
4. Justice Lydia Achode
5. Justice Roseline Korir
II. Family Division
1. Justice Luka Kimaru – Head
2. Justice Musyoka William Musya
III. Land & Environment Division
1. Justice Pauline Nyamweya – Head
2. Justice Lucy Nyambura Gacheru
3. Justice John Mutungi
4. Justice Mary Muthoni Gichumbi
IV. Judicial Review Division
1. Justice Weldon Korir -- Head
2. Justice George Odunga
V. Civil Division
1. Justice Hatari Waweru – Head
2. Justice David Onyancha
3. Justice Rose Ougo
VI. Commercial & Admiralty Division
1. Justice George Kanyi Kimondo – Head
2. Justice Eric Ogolla
3. Justice Jonathan Havelock
4. Justice Alfred Mabeya
5. Justice Jacqueline Kamau
VII. Constitutional Division
1. Justice Isaac Lenaola – Head
2. Justice Mumbi Ngugi
3. Justice David Majanja
VIII. Industrial Court
1. Justice Mathews Nderi Nduma – Principal Judge
2. Justice Monica Mbaru
3. Justice Marete Njagi
4. Justice Maurine Onyango
5. Justice James Rika
6. Justice Linet Ndolo
7. Justice Nzioki wa Makau
IX. Mombasa
1. Justice Maureen Odero – Resident Judge
2. Justice Mary Kasango (On study leave)
3. Justice Richard Mwongo
4. Justice Grace Nzioka
5. Justice Martin Muya Mati
6. Justice Francis Tuiyot
7. Justice Edward Muriithi
8. Justice Samwel Mukunya – Land & Environment
9. Justice Stephen Radido -- Industrial
10. Justice Onesmus Ndumbuthi Makau – Industrial
X. Nakuru
1. Justice Mathew Emukule – Resident judge
2. Justice Abigail Mshila
3. Justice Lucy Waithaka – Land & Environment
XI. Eldoret
1. Justice Hellen Omondi – Resident Judge
2. Justice Grace Ngenye
3. Justice Silas Munyao – Land & Environment
XII. Kisumu
1. Justice Abida Ali-Aroni – Resident Judge
2. Justice Hilary Chemitei
3. Justice Anthony Kaniaru– Land & Environment
4. Justice Hellen Wasilwa – Industrial
XIII. Kisii
1. Justice Ruth Sitati – Resident Judge
2. Justice Aggrey Muchelule
3. Justice Samson Okong'o – Land & Environment
XIV. Kitale
1. Justice Joseph Karanja – Resident Judge
2. Justice Elija Obaga – Land & Environment
XV. Machakos
1. Justice Lilian Mutende – Resident Judge
2. Justice Beatrice Jaden
XVI. Busia
1. Justice Roselyn Wendo – Resident Judge
2. Justice Stephen Kibunja – Land & Environment
XVII. Kakamega
1. Justice Said Chitembwe – Resident Judge
2. Justice George Dulu
XVIII. Kerugoya
1. Justice Cecilia Githua – Resident Judge
2. Justice Boaz Olao – Land & Environment
XIX. Meru
1. Justice Muga Apondi – Resident Judge
2. Justice Jessie Lesiit
3. Justice Aaron Makau
4. Justice Peter Muchoki Njoroge – Land & Environment
XX. Homa Bay
1. Justice Esther Nyambura Maina – Resident Judge
XXI. Bungoma
1. Justice Francis Gikonyo – Resident Judge
2. Justice Anne Omollo – Land & Environment
XXII. Malindi
1. Justice Christine Meoli – Resident Judge
2. Justice Oscar Angote – Land & Environment
XXIII. Nyeri
1. Justice James Wakiaga – Resident Judge
2. Justice Byram Ongaya – Industrial
3. Justice Jorum Abuodha -- Industrial
4. Justice Anthony Obwayo – Land & Environment
XXIV. Garissa
Justice Stella Mutuku – Resident Judge
XXV. Embu
Justice Hedwig Ong'undi – Resident Judge
XXVI. Murang'a
Justice Jairus Ngaah – Resident Judge
XXVII. Kericho
Justice James Mutava – Resident Judge
XXVIII. Head, Judiciary Transformation Secretariat/ Ag. Director, Judiciary Training Institute
Justice Joel Ngugi
Imposter PPO rearrested moments after release
Updated 5 hrs 33 mins ago
By Antony Gitonga
Naivasha, Kenya: The ongoing police imposter soap-opera continued after CID officers thwarted efforts to release the suspect Joshua Waiganjo on bond.
Hours after a Naivasha court released him on a Sh4m bond, officers from Nyeri CID headquarters moved in to have the suspect rearrested.
The officers led by Nyeri deputy DCIO David Makau arrived at the Naivasha law courts with a warrant of arrest from a Nyeri court.
Making an application before Naivasha Resident Magistrate Seline Muchingi, the officers wanted the accused transferred to Nyeri.
According to the Chief Inspector Mike Muya who led the prosecution, Waiganjo was wanted in Nyeri for absconding court proceedings.
Muya told the court that the accused was in 2010 charged with obtaining through false pretense and personating but went missing before the case could be concluded.
The magistrate, however, overruled this noting that the accused needed time to inform his lawyers on the new development.
The resident magistrate directed that the matter be handled by Naivasha Senior Principal Magistrate Esther Boke on January 15, 2013.
On Wednesday, Boke released Waiganjo on a Sh4m bond and three sureties of the same after he was charged with twelve counts.
The accused was charged with four counts of robbery with violence along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
He was charged of violently robbing Francis Ng'ang'a and Dismas Mwangi off a lorry, cash and personal effects valued over Sh4m on the 17th of August, 2012 in Kikopey.
The third and fourth charges stated that on the 24th of August 2012 in Keroche along the Nairobi-Naivasha highway, he robbed David Mwai and Francis Mwangi of cash and property valued at Sh222,000.
He faced four other charges of being in possession of police informs in his Gilgil and Njoro homes which he had obtained illegally.
The accused denied all the counts and the case will come up for hearing on the 23rd of January 2013.
Dead woman included in party members' list
PHOTO | EMMA NZIOKA Staff members of The National Alliance party's registration unit keying in information from forms at TNA headquarters. A random check by Nation staffers revealed that several were registered as members of various political partiers without their consent. NATION MEDIA GROUP
0 comments:
Post a Comment