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James Boro Karugu, Kenya's second Attorney General. [File, Standard]
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have asked the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking to halt the prosecution of six suspects accused of forging the will of the late James Boro Karugu, Kenya’s second Attorney General.
Prosecutors allege that two lawyers, a company secretary, a pastor, a son and another individual manipulated key documents — including a purported last will and a trust deed — in an attempt to disinherit Karugu’s children from his multi-billion-shilling estate.
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