Former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thuita Mwangi during a past court session. [File, Standard]Former Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi’s arrest and prosecution over the Sh1.6 billion Tokyo Embassy procurement scandal was not inhuman or degrading, a court has ruled. Mwangi was acquitted by the magistrate’s court in 2016. In July 2008, the Ambassador of Kenya to Japan forwarded a proposal to Mwangi, recommending the purchase of a plot identified from the Government of Japan. It further said that the charges were laid against him on the basis of independent investigations carried out by the commission.

Source: Standard Digital October 01, 2020 06:11 UTC