A case of impersonation and abuse of office facing alleged police imposter Joshua Waiganjo and two former senior Police officers in Rift valley has a taken an interesting twist.
The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji through his local office moved to the High Court to stop the delivery of a ruling on a case to answer by a lower court, reports Standard.
Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecution Daniel Karuri filed an application under certificate of urgency at High Court seeking to have the lower court stopped from delivering that might have seen the termination of the case against Waiganjo, Remi Ngugi- Anti-Stock Theft Unit and John M’mbijiwe- former Rift Valley PPO.
Waiganjo face a charge of impersonating a police officer while M’mbijiwe and Ngugi face abuse of office charges.
Ngugi is accused of allowing him unlimited access and use of police vehicles an offense he committed between July and November 2012, at the Anti-Stock Theft Unit headquarters in Gilgil.
M’mbijiwe on the other hand is alleged to have allowed Waiganjo ride on a police chopper and ordering the release of two Lorries to Waiganjo.The Office of the DPP has advanced various reasons as to why the ruling in the case against the three should not be delivered.
Among the reason advanced by the prosecution is that they want the court order the re-opening of the case facing the three and allow three remaining witnesses testify.
The DPP claims the court was not impartial since it limited the time within which one of the three witnesses who was present in court on August 28, 2017 could testify.
The DPP notes that no exhibits identified were produced in court and want all witnesses testify and have the exhibits produced.
“That I am aware the case has numerous exhibits which have already been marked for identification and it is in the interest of fair administration of justice that all the witnesses are allowed to testify and produce exhibits to allow Trial Court reach and make a determination,” read a supporting affidavit by Hadi.