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DPP fights Echesa’s block on arrest

DPP Noordin Haji

The Director of Public Prosecutions has sought to have a petition filed by former Sports and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa (above) seeking to stop his arrest and prosecution dismissed.

State lawyer Samson Ng’etich, submitted that the DPP was vested with powers to prefer charges against anyone who has been implicated with any offense.

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