Imenti Central MP Gideon Mwiti Let Off The Hook As Court Suspends Rape Case Against Him
It was in March this year when Imenti Central MP Gideon Mwiti hit headlines for all the wrong reasons. The legislator had been accused of raping a former journalist in one of his offices in Westlands Nairobi after inviting her for a business meeting.
The MP was accused of colluding with a doctor based in Ngara to conduct a compulsory HIV test to the victim before he allegedly went on to rape her, leaving her with injuries that saw her hospitalized in Nairobi Women’s Hospital.
The case has since dragged on until yesterday when Judge Weldon Korir suspended the case pending hearing of an application by the legislator’s lawyers seeking to bar the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko from prosecuting him.
Judge Weldon Korir suspended Mwiti’s case pending hearing of an application to stop DPP Keriako Tobiko from prosecuting the MP
According to the MP, evidence against him had been tampered with and he feels he would suffer unjustified trial if the DPP prosecuted him as planned.
Former journalist recuperating in hospital after allegedly being raped by MP Gideon Mwiti
The case was supposed to commence on the 19th of this month but according to the ruling, it has been suspended until the application is heard.
Mwiti could completely be let off the hook in case the judges that Judge Willy Mutunga will appoint to hear the case rule in his favour.
