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Court stops charges against Nick Mwendwa for 30 days
Former Football Kenya Federation President Nick Mwendwa at the Milimani Law Courts on November 30, 2021 where he was charged with four counts of fraud.
Photo credit: File | Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- This follows an order of the High Court issued on Thursday temporarily stopping the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from filing fresh charges against Mwendwa
- Senior principal magistrate K Sambu ordered the case to be mentioned after 30 days (August 15,2022) to enable advocates Eric Mutua and Charles Njenga conclude the High Court case challenging the fresh trial of Mwendwa
- Sambu said, he would be in contempt of the High Court order if he proceeds to call upon the embattled football boss to answer any fresh charges
A magistrate has postponed for a month the preferring of new charges against former FKF president Nick Mwendwa.
This follows an order of the High Court issued on Thursday temporarily stopping the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from filing fresh charges against Mwendwa.
