The Director Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji is now demanding an apology from the Standard Media Group.
Haji on Monday said that the Newspaper made a publication stating that during his trip to Italy he uncovered proxy firms owned by four Cabinet Secretaries trading with state.
However according to him, the publication was biased.
In the article the DPP said the author alleged that he, together with members of Multi-Agency Team (MAT) comprising Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Attorney General -AG, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Assets Recovery Authority, toured Italy and unearthed companies that Cabinet Secretaries used abroad to benefit from multi-billion shillings tenders.
Haji, through a letter, indicated that none of the members from Multi-Agency Team named in the publication joined him in Italy during the trip.
He assured the public that that he was not privy to the alleged information, and the article is therefore grossly untrue.
The DPP said while investigations on certain projects by CSs are underway, such misreporting is tantamount to interference with and negation of the rights of those who are innocent until they are proven guilty.
But will the Group apologize?
