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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 –Lawyer Githu Muigai will be pocketing close to sh 567 million in legal fees from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission IEBC.
His law firm, Mohamed Muigai LLP advocates, which played major part in defending the IEBC during Raila’s last presidential petition at the Supreme Court is reportedly preparing to pocket the lions share of the cash.
Muigai – former Attorney General – was the lead counsel for the IEBC and a report tabled in Parliament shows that IEBC hired a total of 28 law firms for the presidential petition which they won.
Azimio presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, who lost the August 9 presidential election to President William Ruto, had challenged the presidential results at the Apex Court.
The Martha Koome-led court later upheld Ruto’s victory and threw out Raila’s ‘hot air’ evidence; what saw William Ruto and his Kenya Kwanza brigade go into celebrations ahead of power.
Homenews.co.ke has also learnt that Senior Counsel Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed of the Abdikadir & Abdikadir Advocates will pocket sh 26.7 million as an unnamed law firm gets sh 26.7 million with Senior Counsel Kamau Karori of IKM Advocates set to pocket sh 26.7 million.
The documents tabled in Parliament shows that IEBC owes sh 20.9 million each to the law firms of Murugu, Rigoro and Company Advocates, Garane and Somane Advocates, SM Kilonzo Associates, Mukele Moni and Company Advocates and Mutubwa Law.
Others are JK Kibicho and Company Advocates, Wekesa and Simiyu Advocates, Tiego and Company Advocates, G and A Advocates LLP and Manyonge Wanyama and Associates Advocates.
Additionally, several other law firms that will each be paid sh17.4 million are Hassan Mutembei and Company Advocates, Sagana Biriq Advocates, Muchemi and Company Advocates, Samba and Odeck and Mulama Company Advocates, Omiti and Bush Advocates LLP, Kang’ethe Mola and Company Advocates, and Ng’etich, Chiira and Associates Advocates.
