After Kidero's Sh200 Million Scandal, Waititu Renews Battle

Kabete Member of Parliament Ferdinand Waititu now wants the Supreme Court to review the election petition against Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, amid emerging claims that Kidero bribed a Judge in the case.

Speaking on Tuesday, Waititu who had challenged Kidero's election in court citing electoral crimes and double voting, said he wants the Chief Justice to initiate proper investigations into the into the new allegations.

"I have all along told Nairobians that something wrong happened in the ruling. I want to tell the Chief Justice that the judiciary is under trial." he stated.

The bribery claims came up in a report by NTV that indicated Kidero allegedly granted Supreme Court Judge Philip Tunoi, Sh200 Million to rule in his favour. 

CJ Willy Mutunga on Monday weighed in on the matter saying that he had received an affidavit on corruption allegations against Judge Tunoi from a whistleblower identified as Geoffrey Kiplagat and investigations had already began.

Mutunga said that the findings would be presented on Wednesday, adding that his office would not tolerate corruption.

“I received a complaint against a Supreme Court Judge by way of a sworn affidavit in November 2015 and ordered that thorough investigations be carried out according to our internal protocols including cross-checking the contents of the sworn affidavit with other government agencies to verify the information contained therein, That process is now complete and a report has been concluded. And as required by the Constitution and other relevant statutes, I will forward the report to the Judicial Service Commission and other government agencies including the EACC and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).” Mutunga stated.

However, Kidero and Judge Tunoi refuted the claims with both denying ever meeting in person.

After the 2013 General Election, Waititu who was also contesting for the Nairobi's gubernatorial seat, moved to court to challenge IEBC's declaration of Kidero as the Governor after garnering 617,839 votes against Kidero's 692,483.

The court tussle between the two ended in August when the Supreme Court upheld the election of Kidero as the Nairobi Governor.

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