KENYAN ANTI-GRAFT DRIVE
Legal action against Kenyan judge Philomena Mwilu halted
Nairobi — Kenya’s high court on Wednesday temporarily halted proceedings against the deputy supreme court justice, who was arrested a day earlier and charged on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay taxes and improper dealings with a local bank. Judge Chacha Mwita said: "I allow the application filed by deputy chief justice [Philomena Mwilu] seeking to stop proceedings in the lower court and I hereby grant a stay, meaning stopping the case." He said the case raises constitutional issues. "The charges facing the deputy chief justice are over a commercial transaction between her and a private institution … the court needs to determine whether that amounts to a criminal offence." Mwilu was charged on Tuesday evening, hours after being arrested, and released on a personal bond of 5-million Kenyan shillings ($49,640). Chief public prosecutor Noordin Mohamed Haji told a news conference on Tuesday that Mwilu had abused her office for personal gain, undermining public integrity in the jud...
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