The Law Society of Kenya (LSK), on Wednesday, February 21, exposed an alleged quack lawyer accused of working in cahoots with state officers to defraud unsuspecting clients.
In the raid conducted at the lawyer's office in Nairobi, LSK found the accused in possession of official government stamps, documents, and other paraphernalia.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, LSK President Eric Theuri stated that the suspect was a former employee at the Office of the Attorney General, but ran a rich and well-coordinated network with state officers yet to be identified.
“We hope that when the police go through the documents that we confiscated will be able to identify who this person was working with,” Theuri stated.
He also confirmed that LSK had contacted Attorney General Justin Muturi and updated him on the arrest of the masquerader and was waiting for his response on the way forward.
“We are yet to get feedback from the Attorney General. There is only one from his office that has been exposed, but we have arrested several others elsewhere,” he added.
Victims confirmed that they were referred to the fake advocate by officers from the Attorney General’s office, as hundreds of fake legal transactions, including divorce matters, affidavits, and property transfers conducted through the suspect, were confiscated.
Before arresting the suspect, LSK in the company of law enforcement officials, had raided a cyber cafe within Nairobi where they recovered illegal files and official law stamps that were allegedly used to legalise cases including divorce and land litigations.
Theuri further called upon Chief Justice Martha Koome to take severe action and aid with curbing the vice. Some of the suspects under LSK radar, he lamented, were using stamps belonging to lawyers who had been struck off the registry.
“We want to call on the Chief Justice to listen to what the lawyers are telling her. The fact that we continue to arrest these masqueraders we find that they have stamps that belong to advocates, some of whom have been struck out,” Theuri stated, calling for Koome's Judiciary to expedite cases filed against the quack lawyers.
Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on February 9 arrested a fake lawyer in Nakuru after LSK exposed him during the ongoing crackdown on practitioners operating without approval.
The man, who had conned his clients millions of shillings, was being investigated for allegedly conning over 100 people, claiming he could process land title deeds for them.
Over 30 fake lawyers from all over the country have been arrested within months since LSK kicked off its crackdown. The Society promised to carry on with the clean-up process to flush out all quacks.
