Recall the drama at Deputy chief Justice Philomena Mwilu’s case involving bribery, fraud and abuse of office by the high judge that become controversial interms of can a judge be judged challenging the Kenyan law?
Director of Public Proseutions Mr Noordin Haji, in seeking to bar two senators,James Orengo and Okong’o Omogeni from defending Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, argued that they should have at least informed the High Court of their involvement in the committee proceedings.
Well in current money laundering charges criminal case, turns have shifted as the accussed has reasons the DPP should not be involved in the case.
Through his lawyer, businessman Stephen Vicker Mangira has argued in a Mombasa court that Haji who was back then a National Intelligence Services NIS officer, illegally, arrested him at gun point and forced him to surrender his car keys with which he opened the car to seize two bags of money.
According to lawyer Kmamunde, the businessman, who was initially charged with drug trafficking before the state dropped the charges, Haji broke the NIS Act by purporting to act as a police officer and searching his vehicle without a warrant from a judge.
The court heard that Haji and his group which included head of the anti-narcotics police unit seized Sh20,600,000 from him but only declared Sh18.5 million.Kinyua told Justice P.J. Otieno that on February 11 at 8 pm Haji approach
The accused wants the high to order the state to produce the Sh18.5 million and demonstrate how it managed count the money in less than one hour on February 11 2017 without currency or money counting machine
He also wants the court to order the release of Sh10 million to him so that he can use to pay his debts and settle other obligations if the state cannot release the entire sum.