ODM Condemns Arrest of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has condemned the arrest of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu.

In a statement sent to newsrooms on Wednesday, ODM termed the charges leveled against the Lady Justice  as “frivolous and reeking of political witch-hunt.”

The Opposition party further called on the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji not to allow himself be used to settle political scores. The outfit claimed that Mwilu's woes are linked to Supreme Court's decision to annul the 2017 presidential elections.

“In the matter of the DCJ Justice Mwilu, it is difficult not to be concerned about whether the DPP applied his mind to the requirements of Article 157(11) especially in light of Kenya’s recent History,” reads the statement from the office of the party Secretary General Edwin Sifuna.

“It is to be remembered that at the height of the fight for electoral justice the Judiciary came under sharp criticism with the Jubilee side promising to ‘revisit’ what they called ‘problems’ within the Judiciary following the annulment of the Presidential vote by the Supreme Court.”

Speaking during a media briefing on Mwilu's arrest on Tuesday, DPP Haji refuted clad that her case was part of the “we shall revisit” threats made by the ruling party after nullification of President Uhuru's win last year.

“However, the Party wishes to remind him (DPP Haji) not to open his office to manipulation especially by state and non-state actors. This is especially so when the charges he brings appear openly frivolous, lacking in substance, and reeking of political witch-hunt,” ODM added in the statement.