Lawyer Philip Nyachoti leaving Milimani law courts.
BY SAM ALFAN.
Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission has been stopped from preferring criminal charges against eleven members of a tender committee from Turkana County Government.
High Court Judge Steven Riech, said the imminent arrest of the committee members has been temporarily halted pending the hearing and determination of the application challenging the said indictment.
Lawyer Philip Nyachoti for the tender committee members asked the court to halt the arrest as EACC officers have threatened and demanded tender documents concerning various transactions undertaken by the Turkana team.
The tenders under scrutiny relate to construction works undertaken by the county government.
Lawyer Nyachoti told the court that, the documents being demanded from the committee members were confiscated by the EACC officers last year and there is nothing more they can produce relating to the tenders.
“The alleged document being demanded by EACC are not with applicants who have been harassed and threatened with criminal charge” he said.
Judge Riech directed that the intended prosecution be stopped forthwith and allowed the applicants to file their documents.
The also court directed the matter be mentioned on July 12 2016 for further directions.
