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DPP Noordin Haji gets reprieve on bid to charge Kamau afresh

DPP Noordin Haji cannot be cited for contempt for charging a former CS afresh.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji cannot be cited for contempt of court for charging afresh a former Cabinet Secretary with corruption.

The Court of Appeal ruled that there was no proof to show Mr Haji deliberately or willfully disobeyed a judgment that quashed chargesagainst former Transport CS Michael Kamau in July 2017 over Sh33 million tender. This may now see more than 120 high profile cases involving millions of shillings that collapsed on a technicality, revived.

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