Kisumu milling firm directors to stand trial for fraud and forgery

Sunday, June 7, 2020 11:42

By VICTOR RABALLA

DCI head George Kinoti with DPP Noordin Haji at Kenya School of Government, Nairobi on Friday.

The DPP indicated that it is looking into the merits and demerits of the new information to confirm if it has any effect on the earlier decision made by Kisumu High Court Insolvency Petition No. 1 of 2018, which has since been appealed in the Court of Appeal, No. 132 of 2019.

“This is in line with ensuring the DPP shall act in a just and fair manner, and to ensure that miscarriage of justice does not take place,” Assistant Director Joseph Riungu of the ODPP said in June 3 letter.

In protest, lawyer Tom Ojienda, acting for B.N. Kotecha, has written to the DPP opposing the decision by Mr Riungu to defer plea taking for 14 days and extending the police bond to the suspects for the duration pending their final decision on the matter.

Prof Ojienda, while lodging a complaint on the handling of the criminal charges, appealed to the DPP to initiate an inquiry into the conduct of Mr Riungu as he maintained that his decision should be set aside.