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Don’t blame us, Wafula Chebukati firm says on land case payments

By Nzau Musau | Jan. 15, 2017

**Nominated Chair of IEBC Wafula Chebukati who was managing patner of Cootow & Associates. (Photo: Courtesy)**

A law firm associated with one of the nominees for the electoral commission jobs is not to blame for loss of public funds following its inability to defend a public interest case in court.

Cootow & Associates, where Wafula Chebukati was a managing partner until he was nominated to chair the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) last month, distanced itself from blame on Sh325 million paid to a private firm which claimed ownership of Westlands market in Nairobi.

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