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Two Kenyan judges solicited Sh2.5m bribe, witness tells probe team

Suspended judge Joseph Mutava during the hearing of a Tribunal to Investigate him at KICC he acquitted Goldenberg scandal chief architect Kamlesh Pattni. PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

A tribunal was yesterday told of an extortion racket involving two judges and a plaintiff in a case.

Suspended judge Joseph Mutava and former judge Leonard Njagi are accused of trying to solicit for Sh2.5 million from Sehit Investments Director Rose Mbithe for a favourable ruling in a case involving the firm and Josephine Onyango as the respondent.

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