EACC Denies Sending Detectives to Lawyer John Khaminwa’s Office

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has dismissed reports that it sent its officers to lawyer John Khaminwa’s office.

In a statement on Sunday, EACC termed the reports as fake and malicious, insisting that it did not conduct any operation on Saturday.

“EACC wishes to notify the public that it did not conduct any operation yesterday and media reports suggesting that EACC visited the offices of John Khaminwa Senior Counsel are unfounded,” the agency said.

This comes after the veteran attorney expressed fears for his life after two people purporting to be EACC officers visited his office on Saturday morning.

“They claimed that they were from the anti-corruption agency but I doubted them, they did not impress me as human beings who are holding State offices. What surprised me was that they also asked for some money from one of my assistants,” Khaminwa said.

Khaminwa, 84, believes the visit was an attempt to intimidate him in the wake of his submissions during the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) appeal case that concluded on Friday.

Khaminwa castigated President Kenyatta for disobeying court orders, saying the courts should not hear him. The senior counsel believes these remarks may have rattled some influential quarters.

“When you have a president who is not obeying court orders; when you have a president who is demeaning judges before the public, this court must stand firm and tell him ‘No, we shall not hear you, we shall not give you orders at all,’” Khaminwa submitted before the 7-judge bench.