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Nairobi lawyers give JSC 14 days to probe Chitembwe, threaten to forcefully eject judge

 

LSK Nairobi Chapter Chair Eric Theuri has given the Judicial Service Commission 14 days to investigate Justice Said Chitembwe, failure to which all Nairobi advocates will forcefully eject him from office.

Theuri was reacting to a video posted online by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko allegedly showing the judge discussing how to compromise a case.

He has also threatened that lawyers will boycott judge Chitembwe’s court if no action will be taken against him.

Theuri has advised the judge to 'soul search' and examine his moral compass and if the allegations are true he should step aside.

Chitembwe was one of the two judges arrested in July after police said they got a tip-off they had intended to receive a bribe.

He later told the court in September that being found with dollars is not unusual as his family operates a foreign currency account.

Chitembwe wondered why the police suspected him of fraud when they found him in possession of $7,000 in his pocket when he was arrested alongside Justice Aggrey Muchelule in July.

But Chitembwe, in an affidavit filed at the High Court through the law firm of Otieno Okeyo, denied any involvement in fraud, saying him being found with dollars should not be suspect.

Further he explained that the dollars in question were in his pocket and he voluntarily surrendered them to the police although he intended to use the cash to pay for his son’s school fees.

According to the affidavit, after the search in his chambers on July 22, he removed $7,000 from his pockets "for my son's school fees at Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia", which he handed to the police.   BY THE STAR

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