Convict was given fair hearing, says Judiciary

Lydiah Achieng

The Judiciary has affirmed Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji’s sentiment that Lydiah Achieng' lied to the public.

A statement sent by Judiciary’s Public Affairs and Communication Deputy Director Catherine Wambui read that Achieng' went through a fair trial before the Magistrate’s and Appeal's courts.

The Justice David Maraga-led institution said Achieng’s claims were ‘mudslinging’ its image while her conduct proved otherwise.

“The Judiciary’s position on this matter is that Lydia Achieng' was taken through the full due legal and trial process, including an opportunity to appeal. She is a properly and conclusively convicted sexual offender. The Judiciary has a responsibility to apply the law and ensure those adults who sexually prey on minors are duly punished,” the statement read in part.

It continued: “It is also very unfortunate that Lydia Achieng', at the tail end of her jail term, when she is supposed to have reformed, wants to leave jail not only with a blot on her own credibility but dragging the name and image of the Judiciary through the mud.”

Achieng', in an interview with a Inooro TV, claimed she did not get a fair hearing in both courts for a defilement charge.