A Nairobi court has directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to return a car and firearms seized from former Sports CS Rashid Echesa.
In a ruling on Thursday, Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot ordered the DCI to hand the two pistols and a Range Rover vehicle back to Echesa.
The Range Rover with registration number KCR 786H and the two pistols— a Beretta 92 and a Ceska—were seized by DCI detectives in February this year during a raid of Echesa’s house in Karen, Nairobi.
Echesa in an application filed through his lawyer Bryan Khaemba last month argued that the detention of his car had rendered him immovable and subjected to embarrassment.
He added that he was using public transport during the Covid-19 pandemic, thus putting him at the risk of contracting the virus.
On Thursday, magistrate Cheruiyot faulted the confiscation of Echesa’s firearms, noting that it contravenes a ruling delivered by the High Court. He also said that the firearms are not related to the charges he is facing.
“I find that and hold that the applicant is entitled to possess the firearm and to also enjoy his motor vehicle,” Cheruiyot ruled.
Echesa is facing fraud-related charges over his alleged involvement in Sh40 billion fake military equipment tender.
Useless courts always work…
Useless courts always work in favor of the thieves. Echesa has already bribed nearly every judge there is in the court system!
Judges benefit from the proceeds of theft and they don’t care about the plight of ordinary Kenyans! We see this kind of crap over and over again! It leaves a sickening feeling in your berry!
There must be a change; a positive change in favor of Wanjiku!
Magistrate Cheruiyot -…
Magistrate Cheruiyot – Justice for sale; right? How much bribe money did DP Ruto give????
The decision by the…
The decision by the magistrate must be ignored. He has been bribed by Echesa and he does not care about the ordinary Kenyans. We must force the courts and the entire judiciary to change. This arm of the government is the most corrupt in Kenya.
With ruto eyeing the…
With ruto eyeing the presidency 2022 its a do or die for him to which he has to cast out any stumbling shadow along his way thick and thin.Thats how kemei the soldier ended up dying prematurely of this echesa saga and now the judge on the case seems to have been corrupted with an outright bribery and soon the case will be dismissed.Thats arap lootall machinery in effect and a presidential contender.What a shame and an insult to kenyans.we also have a very incompetent chief justice in the name of maraga who knows very well how corrupt the judiciary is but he is just impotent only mouthing how the court system cant be reformed or controlled by executive.Somebody help him to just retire into a church elder and have someone corrigible.
And where is Maraga? He must…
And where is Maraga? He must have gotten a share of the bribe!
Have the Kenyan people given…
Have the Kenyan people given up on themselves! Maraga is a minion compared to the people’s will! Let us stand up and fight the judicial system! It is controlled by thieves under the cartel leadership of Maraga!
KILLERS and CRIMINALS are…
KILLERS and CRIMINALS are loose while the innocent are in jail through the judiciary. Wanjinga. Picketing is enshrined in our constitution. Force Maragara out. What happened to the televagelist who killed my sister… case dismissed. Kenya is dead with this judicial corruption. Cripple it now!
Maraga works like a corrupt…
Maraga works like a corrupt police inspector who shares the lots of bribes with the cops! Maraga is the enabler of corruption, bribes and theft within the judicial ranks. He has a self indulging mentality that he should be treated in a special way by the ordinary people of Kenya. He is too old and his thinking is that of pre-colonial era. Just imagine Maraga opposing the government clean up that Uhuru is doing to save Kenya while he has been very quiet when Ruto was openly stealing public land and draining our coffers with fake dams! Maraga is a clear and present danger to the wellbeing of the Kenyan people and out beloved country. Fire this fool!
Can Maraga tell the people…
Can Maraga tell the people of Kenya that he has fired this corrupt magistrate who was bribed by Ruto to help Echesa? This is corruption in the name of justice for a murderer and a thief! We’re very pissed and disappointed with Maraga’s silence. The judiciary must soul search itself! Maraga is the wrong guy to hold a Chief Justice position.