Court Frees Nick Mwendwa From sh 38M Graft Case

March 29, 2023

FKF President Nick Mwendwa who has retained his seat[Photos/Courtesy].

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 –A court has quashed all the corruption charges against the embattled Football Kenya Federations FKF President Nick Mwendwa.

The FKF boss was on Wednesday March 29 cleared of all corruption charges which had been leveled against him by the Director of Public Prosecution DPP, Noordin Haji.

Mwendwa had been forced to step down as Football Kenya Federation president to fight the multimillion court case.

The quashing of his case today Wednesday clears the way for him to return at the helm of the football federation, Kenya.

Nation.Africa has reported that the court, in its ruling, barred the DPP from preferring any charges against Mwendwa or even summoning him to record any statements based on the recommendations of a probe committee that was appointed by former Sports CS Amina Mohammed last year to investigate expenditure of FKF funds.

Kiambu Senior Principal Magistrate Wilson Rading, who has since been transferred to Naivasha, set aside the fresh charges saying they were unconstitutional, unfounded and an abuse of the court process.

“This honourable court hereby issues orders to the effect that the charge sheet dated July 7,2022 and or any other charge sheet prepared and registered in this court by the DPP and or his prosecutor(s) against the accused person after July 6,2022 be and is hereby struck out for being defective, unlawful, unconstitutional and for being an abuse of the court process/criminal justice system,” he ruled.

Judge Rading upheld submissions of the former president of the Law Society of Kenya LSK Eric Mutua that the fresh charges filed against Mwendwa were premised on malice and, therefore, cannot meet the legal threshold.