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DPP Nurdin Haji Calls On Garissa Youth To Take Up Teaching Profession

13Nov

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DPP Nurdin Haji Calls On Garissa Youth To Take Up Teaching Profession

The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has urged form four leavers in Garissa to take up the teaching profession in order to bridge the huge gap of teacher shortage in the county. Haji said as long as the local community shies away from the profession, the region will continue to lag behind in education due to teacher shortage. Speaking in Garissa during the launch of Young Muslim Girls High School, the DPP urged parents to encourage their children to take up teaching as a career saying the region’s progress was suffering due to lack of adequate teachers. The DPP gave a recent incident where the leaders from North Eastern held a meeting with officials from TSC to discuss teacher shortage. The leaders were told that no local students who want to be teac...

DPP Withdraws Ksh.19M Graft Charges Against CS Nominee Aisha Jumwa

12Oct

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DPP Withdraws Ksh.19M Graft Charges Against CS Nominee Aisha Jumwa

The Director General of Public Prosecutions has issued a request to withdraw the corruption case against Aisha Jumwa who was recently appointed Public Service and Gender Cabinet Secretary. Jumwa, who was a Member of Parliament for Malindi was facing charges of illegally obtaining Ksh.19 million. Through the head of prosecution Alex Akula, the DPP's office informed Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku that it has received orders to withdraw the case against Jumwa who is the first defendant in the case. However, the case of the 8 others the CS nominee was charged with will continue. Jumwa's lawyers, led by Jared Magolo, welcomed the move and further sought an apology from the government for the charges pressed against her. Justice Mutuku ordered that the case be mentioned to al...

DPP refutes claims he ordered the arrest of Judges Muchelule and Chitembwe.

23Jul

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DPP refutes claims he ordered the arrest of Judges Muchelule and Chitembwe.

The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has refuted claims he ordered the arrest and questioning of High Court judges Aggrey Muchelule and Said Chitembwe. In a statement on Thursday, the DPP said he was not aware of the reason leading to their arrests and questioning, and that his office had not received any files concerning them. "Contrary to reports by one Eric Theuri, purportedly speaking for LSK blaming the DPP for the arrest, the DPP is not aware of circumstances which led to arrest or questioning of 2 Judges," Haji said. He added that in the event their files are presented to his office for advice, he will direct as is appropriate. The two judges were accused of receiving bribes for various cases they previously handled. Also quizzed were their d...

DPP seeks to move police boss murder case probe to Ipoa

15Jul

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DPP seeks to move police boss murder case probe to Ipoa

The tug of war between the DCI and DPP played out in court on Thursday in Embakasi DCIO Samwel Mwongela’s murder case. This is after the DPP told the court that they were shifting the investigations from the DCI to Ipoa. The prosecution claims that Mwongela is a senior cop at DCI and his case cannot be investigated by his colleagues as they may compromise the case. Mwongela will be charged with the murder of a night guard Lapaja Topiwo Laizer on May 13 at Red Square Hotel within Njiru area along Kangundo road. It is alleged that said the guard was shot after he had a disagreement with the officer at 3:50am at the hotel. Justice Lilian Mutende was told an Ipoa officer had sworn an affidavit to oppose his release on bail and not the DCI officer who carried out the investi...

Clarification on Fake Gold case from DPP.

27Apr

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Clarification on Fake Gold case from DPP.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) has issued a clarification after a local daily reported that the DPP wanted to drop charges against business man Jared Otieno in the Sh23 million fake gold case. In the statement, the ODPP insisted that the case against Jared Otieno and four other individuals is ongoing and there was no intention to withdraw the case. The ODPP called on the media to verify information before publishing to avoid any such incidences, noting that the case was set for mention on Monday 26th for hearing dates to be set, but one of the accused individuals did not appear in Court. According to the statement, the case is set for a mention on Tuesday 27th (Today). Jared Otieno and his co-accused were arrested in May 13, 2019 after they we...