In a span of a few months, the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn serious cases involving high-profile individuals charged with corruption and murder.
The common thread about these individuals is that they were political supporters or allies of then-Deputy President William Ruto whose candidature his boss, Uhuru Kenyatta, was opposed to.
It is instructive that the cases were withdrawn when Ruto became president and that the DPP is on record blaming former DCI Director George Kinoti for arresting suspects without sufficient evidence.
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