The Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has spoken out after rumours became awash that ousted Masai Mara vice-chancellor Mary Walingo had been re-instated.
In a statement, the DPP refuted the claims explaining that the case was still active and that investigations into the case were still ongoing.
"Contrary to allegations contained in a post by Mutemi Wa Kiama, (a Twitter user) Maasai Mara University VC Prof. Mary Walingo has not been cleared of corruption allegations against her. The file is still under review and once ready, DPP will direct appropriately.
"We urge the public to treat this information as false and malicious and aimed at interfering and diverting attention and undermining the work of investigative and prosecution agencies," read the statement.
The twitter user had that the VC had been re-instated after investigations into her conduct could not unearth useful evidence.
"Maasai Mara University Vice-Chancellor Prof Mary Walingo reinstated after 4 months of state-led investigations that found no evidence of corruption allegations leveled against her," shared the Twitter User.
These claims had been shared widely across WhatsApp groups for the better part of Thursday morning prompting the ODPP to respond.
Walingo was suspended in September 2019, after Citizen TV exposed her alleged brazen corrupt dealings that cost the institution in the upwards of Ksh190 million.
The university council sent her on compulsory leave and appointed the institution's deputy vice-chancellor (DVC) in charge of academic affairs to replace her in an acting capacity.
In the investigative feature compiled by journalists, Waihiga Mwaura and Asha Mwilu, and aired on Sunday, September 1, the VC was portrayed as the perpetrator of the entire operation.
According to the exposé, the suspects used coded language to swindle the institution in which the parties were referred to as cows and money as grass. To specify the value, a bundle of grass represented Ksh 100,000.
DCI detectives swung into action shortly after the revelations were made and commenced investigations into the matter.
