Nairobi lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui was on Tuesday arrested by flying squad officers for alleged witness interference in an ongoing case.
Kinyanjui was charged with influencing witness testimonies in a case where four men are accused of stripping a woman in Nairobi last year.
The lawyer was detained in Kilimani police station for some hours before being released on bond.
Interestingly, Kinyanjui is the defence lawyer for JAP’s Kabete by-election candidate Ferdinand Waititu.
Waititu has a case in court Wednesday morning coming up for mention before Justice Isaac Lenaola.
In the case, two registered voters in Kabete are challenging Waititu’s candidature for the parliamentary seat.
Godfrey Mwaki and Joseph Njuguna want the electoral commission restrained from issuing a clearance certificate to Waititu on grounds of questionable integrity.
The two want Waititu’s candidature nullified, arguing that Kabete may have to hold another by-election if Waititu wins but is jailed in the other cases.
Waititu was nominated by JAP on March 14 to vie for the Kabete parliamentary seat in the May 4 by-election.
Kinyanjui will appear in court Wednesday morning to answer to the charges of witness interference.
From Star news