Kiambu Principal Magistrate Brian Khaemba has been moved to Thika Law Courts, NTV reports.
The magistrate, who is being investigated for granting Kiambu Governor Fedinand Waititu bail while on sick leave, was asked to report to his new workstation on Monday, July 1.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) had earlier petitioned the Judicial Service Commision (JSC) to investigate Khaemba's conduct.
The agency claimed that the magistrate was supposed to be on sick off on May 23, 2019, but appeared at the Kiambu Law Courts to hear Waititu’s application.
He then proceeded to grant Waititu and his county finance chief Faith Njeri Ksh 500,000 anticipatory bail.
EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak explained that Khaemba might have interest in the governor's case given that he issued the orders while on sick leave.
“The fact of the Hon Magistrate having to break his sick off, if indeed true, to come and attend to a specific matter, when there were other judicial officers who could have handled it may be an indicator that the Hon Magistrate had an interest,” he stated in a letter addressed to the JSC.
Notably, this is not the first time that Khaemba has turned heads after issuing controversial orders.
On February 17, 2019, he decreed that drinking under the influence of alcohol in itself is not an offence.
Khaemba made the ruling following a case where a driver, Michael Ngobe Mugo, was charged with the offence of drink driving.
