By Chris Ojow
Nairobi’s Anti Corruption Court Senior Principal
Magistrate Latizia Wachira while delivering her
Lengthy Judgment at Milimani law Court,
stressed that the image of Kenyan Judiciary
has been maligned with corruption allegations
and sentenced the accused, Judiciary staff and
her co accused on hash penalty, to serve as an
example.
The second accused Kenyan Judiciary Court
clerk Adeline Shitawa Murunga who was
attached to assist Senior High Court Judge,
Lady Justice Roseline Aburili , was found guilty
by the Anti Corruption Court for conspiracy to
commit an offence of corruption contrary to
section 47A (3) as read with section 48 of the
Anti Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, no. 3
of 2003.
And in a separate count, the single Mother of
eight year old school going, was also found
guilty by the trial Senior Principal Magistrate
Latizia Wachira of receiving a bribe contrary to
section 6 (1) (a) as read with section 18 of the
bribery act no. 47 of 2016.
While her co accused 66 year old Joseph Ngigi
Wainaina from Kiambu County Kenya who
informed the Court that he’s a strong believer of
our maker and suffering from diabetes, high
blood pressure and obesity was also found
guilty of offering a bribe, contrary to section 5
(1) as read with section 18 (1) of bribery act, no.
47 of 2016.
The first offender who was very remorseful
during his mitigation and repeatedly reminded
the trial Senior Principal Magistrate Latizia
Wachira that if sentenced to prison, he stand to
die since his old age render him vulnerable to
the deadly coronavirus pandemic, was also
found guilty of conspiracy to commit an offence
of corruption.
The two accused were found guilty in all counts
and were sentenced to two years imprisonment
or pay a fine of 0.8 million Kenya shillings each,
the two convicts were remanded at Kilimani
Police Station Nairobi County, since the Country
Prisons are not admitting convicts due to the
deadly coronavirus pandemic that has
terrorised Nations Globally.
Adeline Shitawa single mother of one who is
also expectant seven months and Joseph Ngigi
conspired and the two convict on several
occasions contacted one another, with a
mission to compromise a ruling that was
pending before Lady Justice Roseline Aburili in
favour of Joseph Ngigi who had a matter before
the said Respectable Judge of the High Court
who is now the principal Judge at Siaya County
Courts.
The two convicts Adeline was found guilty to
have received a bribe of 50,000 Kenya shillings
and Joseph offered the bribe to compromised
the ruling of his case, during the trial at
Milimani law Court Nairobi County Kenya,
Respectable Judge of the High Court, Lady
Justice Roseline Aburili was one of the State’s
Prosecution key witness.
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