Ojienda freed from Muthaiga Police Station : The Standard

Judicial Service Commission member Tom Ojienda is free. The lawyer was freed on Sunday after being held at the Muthaiga Police Station since Friday. Ojienda was to be arraigned in court today to answer charges of fraud. Law Society of Kenya president Allen Gichuhi said a petition will be filed to address cases of officials being arrested on Fridays so they spend the weekend in police cells. Ojienda is accused of financial misappropriation involving the Mumias Sugar Company.

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Meanwhile, details of how police and Nairobi county officials lured Ojienda so that he could be arrested have emerged. Police say they had been looking for the JSC member for two days. On Friday, he was driven to Barclays Plaza along Loita Street to run errands. After he left, his driver called and informed him that his car had been clamped. Ojienda called City Hall officials as he sought help to have his car unclamped.

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The DPP said Mumias Sugar Company lost Sh89 million that was paid out through fraudulent schemes. Ojienda is also accused of faking court proceedings to obtain money as legal fees from the sugar miller.

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