Top executive Joshua Oigara on Wednesday got temporary relief after the High Court blocked the Director of Public Prosecutions from prosecuting him in relation to a Sh700 million dispute with an aviation firm. Justice Bahati Mwamuye also issued an order blocking the attendance of Oigara at DCI's banking fraud investigations unit for statement recording over the dispute. The Judge issued the orders after advocate Hirum Nyaburi told the court that officers from the banking fraud unit were at his client's premises seeking to arrest him. According to the documents filed in court, the DCI, through its banking fraud department, had summoned Oigara for statement recording into an alleged offence of fraudulent false accounting. The Airline subsequently filed a case against the bank, which is currently pending determination before Justice Nixon Sifuna.

Source: The Star November 20, 2024 18:15 UTC