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Former AG Amos Wako’s error costs taxpayers Sh10m

Three appellate judges rule that the former AG's opinion to extradite a Kenyan citizen without a court order or proceedings was in violation of his rights.

An order by former Attorney General Amos Wako to police to arrest a former employee of the International Office  of Migration (IOM) has come back to haunt the country.

Eighteen years ago, police in Nairobi received a request from the United Nations regional crime squad office in Kosovo to arrest a former official.

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