By PETER LEFTIEMore by this AuthorPowerful forces in the Mwai Kibaki administration could have colluded with the police and the state law office to bungle the Sh6.4 billion cocaine case which was brought before the courts in 2005. In one of the letters relating to the Sh6.4 billion cocaine case, then Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Philip Murgor wrote to police chief Major-General Hussein Ali protesting at the refusal by then director of Criminal Investigation Department Joseph Kamau’s men to hand over the file to then Attorney-General Amos Wako in order to facilitate the prosecution of the suspects in the Sh6.4 billion cocaine case. But instead of acting on Mr Murgor’s directions, the police investigators wrote back, seeking consent to have the case postponed for various reasons. “For security reasons, it is found risky to bring 1,141.5 kilogrammes of the seized cocaine before the trial court. He accused the police of using a prosecutor to secure consent to destroy the seized cocaine without the permission or knowledge of the AG and the DPP.

Source: Daily Nation February 12, 2017 00:21 UTC