Dr Ramadhan becomes the third medic from Mama Lucy to be cleared after CEO Dr Emma Mutio and administrative officer Dr Regina Musembi, who were freed in November last year.
“I have been instructed to terminate the case against Dr Ramadhan. There is no evidence linking the accused to the child trafficking syindicate,” state prosecutor Ms Evalyn Onunga told Milimani law court’s senior principal magistrate Ms Esther Kimilu.
Ms Onunga said the accused who had been charged alongside two social workers, Makalla Fred Leparan and Selina Adunda Awuor, will be a state witness in the case.
“There being no evidence to link the accused with the human trafficking syndicate, I allow the DPP’s plea and terminate the case against him,” Ms Kimilu ruled.
THE STANDARD By
Fredrick Obura |
February 15th 2021 at 03:15:00 GMT +0300
The Sh 63 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams case which has taken over two years to kick-off has been adjourned for the last time.
When the matter came for hearing before anti-corruption magistrate Douglas Ogoti, the court was informed that the DPP was not ready to proceed because he wants to amend the charges.
“We are seeking for two weeks to file an amended charge sheet and complete full disclosure in the case,” said the prosecutor.
He sought for two more weeks to supply all the evidence documents including witness statements of Former Treasury Cabinet secretary Henry Rotich, PS Kamau Thugge, and ex Wildlife PS Susan Koech who have since been made state witnesses.
According to family members, the senator was flown to Turkey in December and returned to the country on Saturday night and admitted to the hospital.
In September last year, the legislator underwent a five-hour operation at the same hospital after he slipped and dislocated his hip while at home in Garissa.
Mr Haji was the chairperson of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force and is the father of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Yusuf Haji.
Mr Haji joined Kenya’s provincial administration in 1960 as a district officer (DO) and rose through the ranks to become one of the country’s most powerful provincial commissioners.
THE STANDARD By
Special Correspondent |
February 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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DPP Ordered to Produce 18 Foreigners in Ksh63 B Case
15 February 2021 - 7:09 pm
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji addresses a press conference at his office in Upperhill, Nairobi on Thursday, March 5, 2020.
Simon Kiragu
Kenyans.co.ke
A court has ordered the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji to produce 18 witness accounts and evidence regarding the multibillion case against former Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) Henry Rotich.
Rotich had been charged alongside 18 Italian directors in July 2019 over the fraudulent procedures in the Ksh63 billion Arror and Kimwarer dam scandal.
However, the case has dragged on in court for two years as the DPP sought adjournment in case proceedings in order to supply all the evidence documents.