Supreme Court rejects Tuju's new evidence in Sh1.9b EADB loan suit

Former minister Raphael Tuju. [File, Standard]

The Supreme Court has dismissed former minister Raphael Tuju's application to file new evidence from a senior East Africa Development Bank manager to support his case.

Supreme Court Judges Philomena Mwilu (Deputy Chief Justice), Mohamed Ibrahim, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung'u, and William Ouko on Friday agreed that Tuju could not explain how the new information would add value to his appeal in the Sh1.9 billion loan dispute.

Tuju, his company Dari Ltd, his children Mano, Alma and Yma Tuju, and SAM Company Limited filed the new application claiming that new information from EADB official Barnabas Ochieng would show that the demands and subsequent bid to place Dari under receivership was illegal.