On Tuesday 28th August, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested at the Nairobi’s Supreme Court over alleged corruption and bribery cases.
She was escorted to DCI headquarters by DCI George Kinoti himself.
Moments after her arrest, a presser was convened by Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji .
The Supreme Court employees went on with their day business as the Judicial Service Commission, the judiciary employer were involved in a series of meetings.
Charges
1.Imperial Bank Graft worth 1.34bn
Previously, Justice Mwilu had been reported to Mr. Haji over the movement of large sum of money in and out of the banks.
Kenya Revenue Authority reported to to Mr Haji that Justice Mwilu had been involved in the movement of more than 34bn shillings using the collapsed Imperial Bank.
This was discovered after the Central Bank (CBK) appointed the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) as receivers of Imperial Bank in October 2015.
2.Abuse of Leadership and Integrity Act
The investigators also accuse her of going against the will of Leadership and Integrity Act by accepting a personal loan of more than 12 million shillings from the bank in question
3.Office Abuse
The lady justice also faces accuses of office abuse
4.Tax Evasion
The high court judge has also been accused of ta evasion
5.Stealing
Other related charges are bribery, stealing and corruption
10 facts you should know about Justice Philomena Mwilu
- The first accounts of her graft and corruption were presented to her by Kandara MP Alice Wahome, Justice Mwilu replied during her vetting stating that the MP was mudslinging her after losing an election
- She was also among the three judges who were accused of misconduct during the famous election petitoon in 2017. She exposed threats Supreme Court judges went through before the Presidential nullification case was read.
- She is married to Amos Wako as a second wife, besides she supports polygamy. The two wedded 21 years ago to the then Kenya’s Attorney General under customary law
- She also confessed to be a stammer. Stating that she tries her best to be as eloquent as possible
- She failed in class seven after her dad died in that same year, since then she has struggled to be where she is is in life today.
