The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has divulged deeper on the deep intricate webs through which fraudulent and highly suspicious bank transfers were made to finance the Dusit D2 attack that took place in January.
While expressing himself before the committee, Haji issued the following statement:
“This money was going to Jilib, the headquarters of Al-Shabaab. We are not penalising this bank but protecting it by charging the manager. There are certain issues that cannot be said here,”
The DPP was responding to queries from Baringo North MP William Cheptumo, who wanted to understand how and why Sophia Njoki Mbogo, the Branch Manager stationed at DTB Eastleigh, had brought to be charged with abetting terrorism.
As per the words expressed by Cheptumo, the chair wanted to know how and why it was possible for a bank manager to comprehend that the person making the withdrawal was a indeed a terrorist, and whether it is ethical for her to be charged as a conspirator.
Additionally, Senior Public Prosecutor Dorcas Oduor further unleashed a flurry of questions, one of them, in particular,
“Even if an individual deposits a shilling after every second. We are looking at the culpability of the bank.”
“When one is circumventing the rules, you do not know what he or she is aiding. Criminals will go to banks that have weak systems, weak branches, weak tellers and weak guards,”