Court upholds acquittal of Nyeri officials in staff recruitment graft case

The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in an anti-corruption case involving recruitment of “unqualified” county administrators in Nyeri.

The court upheld a 2019 decision by a magistrate's court to acquit five Nyeri County Public Service Board members, who faced charges of abuse of office and corruption. The High Court concluded that the prosecution had failed to present a compelling case, describing the effort to compel the accused to defend themselves as “an exercise in futility.”