THE STANDARD By
Vincent Kejitan |
December 16th 2020 at 14:25:19 GMT +0300
The trial of Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko is underway in the Senate.
The motion to impeach him at the county assembly was moved by Minority Leader Michael Ogada earlier this month and the assembly found him guilty of failing to approve a Sh37.4 billion budget to facilitate operations undertaken by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).
Earlier this month, 88 of 122 MCAs voted to remove Sonko from office, on grounds of;
i) Gross Violation of the Constitution or any other law (the County Governments Act, 2012, the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2015 and the Public Finance Management Act, 2012)
DPP appeals tycoon’s tax evasion acquittal
Monday December 14 2020
By JOSEPH WANGUI
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji has filed an appeal against the decision of a magistrate court to acquit alcohol tycoon Humphrey Kariuki and five others from criminal charges of tax evasion and being in possession of un-customed Sh7.4 million ethanol.
The DPP has termed the decision made by Milimani senior principal Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot last week as unfair and the acquittal was without any factual or legal basis.
He wants the High Court to quash or set aside the magistrate s ruling which also acquitted Mr Kariuki’s co-accused Peter Njenga, Robert Thinji, Eric Mulwa, Kepha Gakure, African Spirits and Wow Beverages.
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji has appealed against the acquittal of alcohol tycoon Humphrey Kariuki and five others in a case over possession of uncustomed ethanol worth Sh7.4 million.
The DPP has termed last week’s decision by Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot unfair and without any factual or legal basis.
Mr Haji wants the High Court to quash or set aside the ruling which cleared Mr Kariuki and his co-accused Peter Njenga, Robert Thinji, Eric Mulwa, Kepha Gakure, African Spirits Limited and Wow Beverages Limited. We [want] the order of acquittal quashed and/or set aside and [for the court] to declare the prosecution before the magistrate as amounting to a mistrial, Mr Haji says in his petition.
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