DCI Says Detectives Seized Sh6.1 Million from Judges Muchelule and Chitembwe's Chambers
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says detectives seized $57,000 during a raid of Justices Aggrey Muchelule and Said Chitembwe chambers in Nairobi last week.
The two High Court judges were picked by detectives following the raid and taken to DCI headquarters for interrogation.
Through an affidavit filed in court, Chief Inspector Felix Karisa Banzi says officers recovered USD50,000 from an unidentified lady in Justice Muchelule’s chambers and USD7,000 from Justice Chitembwe.
“That the search at chambers 230 and on the person of the occupants resulted to the seizure of among others, USD 50,000 on the person of a lady present in the chamber and USD 7,000 on the person of 2nd interested party himself,” the affidavit reads.
Judges Muchelule and Chitembwe are listed as the first and second interested parties in a case filed by Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association. The association filed the case challenging the arrest and prosecution of the two judicial officers.
On Monday, a Nairobi court issued orders barring the DCI and DPP from arresting and charging the two judges pending the hearing and determination of the case.
Chief Inspector Karisa in court papers says he has been investigating complaints where some judges and judicial officers have been accused of corruption.
He claims to have received information and complaints that some individuals acting as brokers, approached select judges with a view of procuring favorable judgments and rulings in various matters.
The officer indicates that on July 21st at around 3:00 pm, he received further information from one of the complainants about a series of meetings between certain judges and the brokers where a figure of Sh7 million was arrived at and the bribe was to be delivered to the residence of a judge at 19;00 hours.
“However the stated time and venue were abruptly changed. The meeting was rescheduled to the next day at 07:45 at chambers 235 within Milimani law court. From the above it is clear for DCI to obtain a search warrant in time for the stated meeting,” the officer states.
Karisa adds that on the material days when information was received that the exchange was about to happen but at chamber 230 belonging to Justice Muchelule, claiming that the meeting was being facilitated by Justice Chitembwe.
He says the DCI is conducting lawful and legitimate investigations into grave allegations of corruption and the probe cannot be claimed to be an encroachment on the independence of the judiciary.
“The application herein is an attempt to stifle and frustrate the DCI in performance of his constitutional mandate,” he says.
The case will be mentioned on October 18th.
Comments (60)
Lock them stupid idiots up! These judges and other known thieves like Muilu should be jailed forthwith!
You have witnessed these judges and lawyers warming to Ruto’s hustler crap because it gives them an ideal opportunity to take bribes and steal from ordinary Kenyans! Where is grand mulla who is the ardent supporter of Ruto?
Where is CJ Martha Koome in this mess? She should suspended the two judges! Where is Professor Makau Mutua who supports criminal Judges? And do we still have any respect for the high court of Kenya which has stopped the dci from arresting these two crooks?
These are the same judges who freed Sonko, waititu, Rigathi and many other political thieves!
The judicial body in Kenya commands the lowest respect for a legal body! Fire these stupid fools!!
These judges have been stealing from Kenyans fir a long time! They should both be suspended while the investigations are on going until the matter is settled!
Old thief muchelule teaching a young thief how to steal from the public!
Where is Maraga and Mutuga to see what they sowed in the judiciary? What a shame!?
Maraga taught them how to steal! Willy mutunga taught them other crimes such as taking the bribes! The birds of a feather alway flock together as they head to hell!
Judiciary crooks!!! No wonder these judges are so close the DP Ruto the most corrupt politician in the entire world!
Murkomen - did you not raise hell when Uhuru refuse to appoint your fellow thieves!? What is your take now? But you got none because you all steal together! Idiots!!
Justice is sale in Kenya! You can’t imagine how many innocent Kenyans have been jailed by these corrupt judges simply because they couldn’t pay to buy their freedom!
CJ Martha Koome - what time is it??????? It is time to clean up the judiciary! It is time for these crooks to go!! Kenyans wants to have a respectable court system! Clean them damn thieving judges!!
Wow.This is unacceptable and indefensible.Kenyans deserve better from the judiciary.
Let both of them resign so we can start all over! Where is Martha koome??
Nothingness than Prison term to restore confidence in judiciary
There will be no confidence in the judiciary as long as the two judges have not resigned yet! I sure would love to show them the door with a heavy slap! How dare these goons steal/take the bribes??
The young one looks like my boy chege! But I do not give birth to thieves! This tells me he ain’t my kid!
Very nice @nyina wa chege! What would you do if you gave birth to a thief? Kill it?
People who take oath and promise to uphold the laws of the country are held to a higher standard.Therefore, the punishment for breaking this solemn trust,should carry a serious punishment.I think locking them for 30 years is fair.
You mean locking them up for life!? We don’t need them anymore! Who needs a thief!
You know that is not going to happen.I know it too,that's why I suggested 30 years in prison,and ofcourse pay a heavy financial penalty as well for corrupting the judicial system.
Locking up thieves, murderers, general criminals, rapists, etc aught to be a more common thing regardless of status in life! These high profile crooks are getting by with murder!! But I’m trying to understand your concerns @maxiley!!!
My concern is the way the laws are written. The more you steal,or should I say how much you steal, does not necessarily mean long term jail.Yes, Iam concerned that punishment as it is now does not seem to deter criminals.
Let me put it this way, as much as I detest corruption,and especially dipping your hand in to public coffers,most will agree with me that killing someone who took abribe is way to harsh,and putting him in jail for 5 years in way too lenient.But jailing him for 30 years is about right.My opinion.
Even though I don’t deny that corruption is rife in Kenya, this particular case is in itself suspect. I smell corruption in the works of exposing alleged corruption. Why the two? It seems it’s a payback for their stand that rubs the deep state wrongly. Why aren’t they corrupt oriented towards the state rulings? Did they refuse to take bribes to rule in favor of entities as BBI et?
The DCI in my view in cohorts with other top government officers are the most inept and corrupt entities in the Kenyan state.
Ya, everything is suspect to you because your tribesman Ruto is a huge thief! You see no evil or hear no evil when stealing, bribing and corruption is concerned! It is in blood of your tribesmen! Y’all are thieves!!
Stop making crazy assumptions in favor of thieves! Even the most corrupt DP Ruto can not spin these bribery shenanigans with his fellow thieves! A thief is a thief regardless of his origin! Ruto steals and every sane person should condemn him for being corrupt! What’s wrong with you fool!?
Who did they steal from? Any Wanjiku crying? Any complainants other than the same government who arranged to place the monies in these guys offices?
Why won’t the same deep state arrest Ruto if you think he is a thief? The answer is obvious. He is not.
They stole from you mother @transista!
Hehehe. I like that.
Honest people do not grab old people’s land - Me Muteshi died a miserable death because Ruto prevented him from returning to his 100 acre land! Weston hotel is owned by Ruto and it is build on a stolen land! Arrow and Kimwerer dams money, about 21 billion shillings went to Ruto’s pockets and so the dams were never completed! @assista, Ruto is a thief of the highest order. By denying the obvious, you make the entire kalenjin community look like they are thieves! Ruto drags everyone of you into his corruption because he does not want to die alone! I can also mention several murders Ruto has sanctioned to include your own Kenei, Juma, Yebei, Mwikali, etc! Any farther questions??
Nothing like miserable death! Death is death! He died of his own natural way.
Get some coffee to wake up my friend. Go to Central, Rift Valley, Mombasa just to mention a few where you will tracks of thousands and thousands of hectares of land taken from the native by the Jomo family, Kibaki, and the white settlers. Come on!! You keep singing of 100 acre and the-small piece Weston. Stop your unwarranted selective innuendos in the act that you are seeing corruption yet timidly blind.
@assista - even Lucifer reasons in the same lines as yourself! No one can help you when you are in bed with the Devil!
Even Ruto himself can’t defend his ass that he is not corrupt! You can justify his corrupt nature all you wish but your loud talk keep falling on deaf years!
Let’s put it like this, Ruto is a true disciple of Satan!! Everything he says and does sounds like that fateful day Satan was tempting the Son of the most High God! But, eventually Satan lost and so will Ruto!!
This two used to work together in Mombasa during 1980s- and they must have been used to play games then - that time Muchelule was a Magistrate while Chitembwe a Attorney. Now they met again in Nairobi and the game goes on. ONCE YOU TASTE
HONEY - PRISON!!!
Correction Justice Muchelule worked in Mombasa from 1998 to mid 2000s after leaving Bungoma. This is simply a setup. You don't need to be too smart to figure this out. It's like having a woman come to your house and then she starts ripping of her clothes and screaming out loudly saying that you raped her. The setup is so lame, they know why they are after these two fellows, and may their plans fail!
I do recall now those were late 1990s but you framing up that was a set up is lame excuse. As a matter of fact the this higher official needs periodically those type of set up just to test they fate. You need to look at this like how many people were victims as a result of bribery. You'll definitely conclude the less unfortunate ones. While Judges lives above a middle class life should be stop to greediness.
It is the likes of you protesting in S. Africa because of Jacob Zuma. This kind of thinking has to stop
You are one of those we don’t need i n Kenya with your stupid excuses over the thieves! You are probably a thief too! And by the way, if a woman started screaming in your little mud, most likely you had already raped her! We need a change of attitude in Kenya do we can eliminate corruption! You are a very sick puppy in your head!
Agreed. It obviously looks like a not well planned set up. Who in this case is the complainant? Or the individual/s buying justice? None other than the set up in chief, the dci, the same individual who killed Ruto’s guard just got the purpose of implicating Ruto which never worked! They are being targeted and punished by some stage officials because of their( judges) uprightness in their views. Their opinions rubs the deep state the wrong way.
Don’t look terrified muchelule because you just got caught stealing. You have been doing that act for many years! I guess COVID has gotten into your head not to know how to hide the stolen lot better! I say resign and join tanga tanga where all the Kenya thieves find a comfortable home with Ruto.
Muchelule - you jailed my cousin for stealing 🐓 chicken! Well, now that you have stolen more than a chicken, it is your turn to go to jail! There is not chicken crime and a greasy crime of stealing millions of shillings! You should be in jail as I pen this message to you.
Nelson Havi has been attacking the new CJ about muchelule not being appointed by Uhuru! Prof Makau and grand mulla went of JkL to say muchelule should be appointed by Uhuru! Where are these guys now and what do the have to say about their buddy?? Why are they not condemning muchelule for taking the bribe!?
The two judges will end up being the DP Ruto’s bank managers for the stolen money!
How can these two qualify to jail another thief who n the public arena. What a shame! Are they ashamed of their stupid actions?
Prof Makau, your best friend have now been caught stealing! How are you gonna spin this mess in Jeff Koinange Live TV show?
Chitembwe looks young but he has taught himself how to steal! How do you ruin your legal career by being very greedy?
Not too long ago, DP Ruto sided with judge muchelule and chided Uhuru for refusing to appoint him. DP Ruto why are you always get caught up in criminal affairs? Now Ruto wants to say telling us part and parcel of hustling! These thieves are some else!
Because Ruto is a criminal! He is the biggest thief in the world. Ruto is in very good company with muchelule and company! Wow!
Why is payment being made in US dollars does that mean these thugs have foreign offshore accounts so that the money can be easily deposited or is the person giving the bribe a foreign national aka a drug dealer like let’s say Sonko, Mwau or Joho.
Precisely! They thought dollars will be hard to track once deposited in an off shore account! You are thinking boy!
It is a rarity to hear of a judge getting involved in corruption in the western countries! These judges are paid better than those of the west? What the hell is wrong with black people? You can’t tell me these judges are poor! Is it pure greed and the desire to amass ill gotten wealth? It just beats me!
Muchelule stole so much he forgot to get his watch properly sized for his wrist! Maybe the watch is stollen too!!
These two guys would even steal someone else’s child! They both look aggrieved by the entire world! Thanks Hid they got caught before the start hijacking cars along Kenyatta avenue.
These two idiots are going down over some little chunk change of money because of greed! The African big man syndrome of wanting more and more and that of never getting satisfied with what they have! They got to a point greed was starting to gradually consume them.
Can you just imagine a law maker becoming a law breaker? You have twin examples of lawbreakers right in your face - muchelule and chitabwezi.
Did the two judges meet your “crystal ball” bar prof Makau? You must like their bribery escapade since you have vehemently defended them on JkL.
Why is the moral police so silent on this matter? Does his "moralmeter" measure only hanky panky ,and mini skirts?
Judges being corrupt is avery serious offense in any society. With these kind of judges why should criminals worry?
Stage managed. Its all clear, they must've pissed off someone. But if Muchelule could survive drug lords in Kenya hii ni kidogo! This too shall pass!
Imagine all those people who had Muchelule's verdict against them and they properties...as from today they'll feel the pain in they wounds. Therefore only PRISON will make things a little better...sic