Kethi is yet to be arrested courts. NAIROBI, KENYA. :Police will not arrest Kethi Kilonzo in the next 14 days. High Court Judge LydiaAchode on Thursday directed Director of Public Prosecution not to arrest her. Police want lawyer Kethi Kilonzo and an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ( IEBC) official charged with theft and forgery linked to her disputed electoral registration card. Detectives at CID headquarters recommended to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that the two face the charges in a file forwarded on Monday. DPP Keriako Tobiko has since appointed a team of three lawyers to look into the police file. Under the penal code, forging any judicial or official document and presenting it officially attracts up to seven years in prison. Police handling the case have so far concluded that Kethi and Mr Geoffrey Lemiso, who is a custodian at IEBC where the green book was stored, have a case to answer in regard to the ongoing investigations. On Monday, an anticipatory bail application by Kethi to bar police from arresting her was certified urgent. Kethi through lawyers Harun Ndubi and Julie Soweto told the court that security forces had been painting her as a fugitive and havebeen using powers to arrest to threaten, intimidate, humiliate and embarrass her other than to uphold the rule of law
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:43:36 +0000
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