This archive report was first published on 17 September 2019.
September 17, 2019 - Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has taken his case to court, challenging the graft charges worth Ksh.68 million that were pressed against him.
According to court documents, Kidero argues that the prosecution is biased and that the court must stop the criminal proceedings, which he describes as an “abuse of the machinery of justice to cause injustice.”
He claims that he was never summoned or invited to answer to any queries in relation to the allegations levelled against him, nor was he given the opportunity to present any exculpatory evidence as stipulated under the ACECA rules (2013).
Kidero further accuses the Director of Public Prosecution of reapplying selective justice and acting discriminatively, stating that it is absurd, unreasonable and irrational that he would be accused of defrauding the Nairobi City County of a valid and due debt of the City Council of Nairobi which arose before his time in 2011.
He argues that the amount of Ksh.58 million alleged to have been defrauded from Nairobi City County was part of the outstanding legal fees due and owing to Wachira Mburu & Company Advocates for legal services rendered.
Kidero now wants the court to stay the ongoing proceedings at the lower court, adding that the prosecution are threatening and violating his fundamental rights.
He also wants the court to declare that his arrest and detention between April 26 and April 30, 2019 was an abuse of power, legal process and discretion.
