Commission ordered to release seized properties

Kenya’s anti-corruption commission has been ordered to release seized properties belonging to former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero within 72 hours. This after Kidero approached the courts accusing the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) of harassing him with the intention of financially crippling him. The Nation reports that Justice Hedwig Ong’udi also removed the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji from the case. He said the office of the DPP had no role in the proceedings. The EACC, in its court papers, claimed that during a search of Kidero’s premises, it came across documents showing he was in the process of illegally transferring some of his properties.