The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has presented sensational charges against Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu.
The DPP claims that Mwilu aided two men accused of being in possession of special papers for making fake currency notes evade justice.
Haji also claims the DCJ used her office as a Court of Appeal Judge to obtain millions of shillings, some delivered at the Supreme Court parking lot.
In a petition filed at the Judicial Service Commission, Haji says Mwilu was engaged in inappropriate communication with one Omar Arafat.
The DPP in his petition has urged the commission to find there are sufficient and overwhelming grounds recommending to the president that a tribunal be appointed to inquire into the events and particularly to find reason for her removal from office.
He says Mwilu is guilty of gross misconduct as she acted in a manner not befitting her office.
Arafat, according to the DPP, is the principal suspect connected to Docta Peter and Joseph Waswa alias Henry Wafula in a criminal case pending at the Magistrates’ Court.
Docta and Waswa were charged in court this year with being in possession of papers of forgery intended to resemble and pass as special paper used in making currency notes. They were also charged with giving false information to a person employed in the public service.
DPP now says the communication between Mwilu and Arafat is a clear indication that she was either complicit in the commission of the offences or was engaged in acts of aiding the accused person to evade justice.
“She was out to use her office to ensure that the accused persons are shielded from the due process,” the petition reads.