How Ipoa bungled bribery case against top Coast cops
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The Independent Policing Oversight Authority’s (Ipoa) case against two senior police officers has suffered a significant setback due to a failure by Vigilance House to properly notify them of summonses requiring them to record statements over allegations of abuse of office.
Consequently, the court granted the officers’ application, issuing an order of prohibition barring Ipoa and the ODPP from continuing with the prosecution unless the officers are properly served and given a fair opportunity to respond.
Justice Njagi also issued an order of certiorari, quashing Ipoa’s decision to prosecute the officers and nullifying all related documents, including the charge sheet filed at the Lamu Principal Magistrate’s Court and the summons issued in April 2024.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority’s (Ipoa) case against two senior police officers has suffered a significant setback due to a failure by Vigilance House to properly notify them of summonses requiring them to record statements over allegations of abuse of office.
In a ruling delivered on May 21, Garsen High Court Judge Nyagah Njagi found that Ipoa failed to confirm whether the summonses delivered to the Kenya Police Headquarters (Vigilance House) ever reached the officers before deciding to prosecute them.
