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So many questions over Mwendwa's walk to freedom

Nick Mwendwa

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:

  • The celebrations are still on for his supporters, but I remain among the many who think that Mwendwa was ‘definitely’ or at least ‘probably’ guilty of the crimes he was charged with
  • This is a period when evidence against corrupt public servants is disappearing without a trace, and previously condemned thieves of public funds are free again
  • The trial may have mortally wounded Amina Mohamed’s legacy and set a bad precedent for the future, but it is done and dusted


You can’t keep a corrupt man down, can you? Earlier this week, the courts dismissed a Sh38 million theft case against Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa that had been filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Noordin Haji.

That verdict brought to an end a year-long trial that forced Mwendwa out of office in November 2021 by then Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed, and charged with corruption.