This archive report was first published on 14 October 2021.
On October 1, 2020, Football Kenya Federation President Nick Mwendwa filed a petition through his lawyer Tom Ojienda, seeking to gag the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Direction of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from investigating him over alleged misappropriation of funds at Kandanda House.
However, on October 14, 2021, the High Court dismissed the petition, ruling that it lacked merit and was premature and speculative.
Justice James Makau declared, 'I therefore find the petitioners' prayers for an order of a permanent injunction prohibiting the DCI and DPP summoning, investigating, charging or prosecuting the petitioners with respect to financial management of FKF is not Justified in the circumstances of this case.'
Journalist Milton Nyakundi had filed a complaint with the Banking Fraud Investigation unit of DCI, alleging fictitious transactions at Kandanda House, including direct transfer of funds from the federation's to Mwendwa's personal accounts.
The DCI and DPP had submitted that the investigation were just part of the judicial system and did not necessarily mean one is guilty.
