Senior Counsel Tom Ojienda was on Friday afternoon arrested at an undisclosed location within Nairobi.
The lawyer was apprehended over a Sh200 million audit at Mumias Sugar Company. This was after DPP Noordin Haji approved his arrested.
A team drawn from DCI George Kinoti and Haji’s offices have been investigating the multi-million shilling loss.
Sources say that the advocate has since been taken to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road where he is set to be questioned.
It is easy to see through the ploy by the DCI and the DPP in arresting Professor Tom Ojienda on a Friday afternoon: hold him over the weekend; procure warrants to search his homes and offices in his absence; and violate his constitutional rights in the process. Justice on trial!
— Nelson Havi (@NelsonHavi) December 28, 2018
Ojienda will be spending the weekend behind bars as he will be presented in court on Monday.
The detectives are also after an unidentified High Court judge.
But according to his lawyer, Nelson Havi, this is a ploy by the DPP and DCI to “violate his constitutional rights in the process.”
“It is easy to see through the ploy by the DCI and the DPP in arresting Professor Tom Ojienda on a Friday afternoon: hold him over the weekend; procure warrants to search his homes and offices in his absence; and violate his constitutional rights in the process. Justice on trial!” he exclaimed.
More details to follow
Source: Kahawa Tungu
Getanda Charles says
This is not fair at all. Why not arrest him on Monday and take him to court straight away? The police and the office of the DPP should do away with the culture of arresting suspects on Friday afternoon and hold them in custody till Monday . They well know courts don’t operate over the weekend!
Anonymous says
STEALING and undermining sugar farmers by leaving them poor and destitute is not an honorable thing for any sane person to defend!!
These Kenyans have been living in multiple palaces all over Kenya by raiding public funds!!
Getanda Charles says
This is not fair at all. Why not arrest him on Monday and take him to court straight away? The police and the office of the DPP should do away with the culture of arresting suspects on Friday.
Anonymous says
Thieves are not fair to anyone!
Anonymous says
EDWARD NANDWA – WANAJIITA SISI WAHUNI:
This song describes the activities of the Kenyan ruling elites and cartels who have looted and ravaged the country leaving the 99.9% of Kenyan citizens including the sugar farmers and the maize farmers poor, diseased and destitute or dead !