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
