Tues 9th August 2022, Election Day
Matemu says the commission cannot rely on the evidence acquired in the United Kingdom where two officials of the UK based firm, Smith & Ouzman said to have bribed Kenyans election officials, were prosecuted and jailed for three years.
"I would urge that we don't agitate for people's blood... these are investigations which have international components," he stated. "There is a law on international legal assistance; we cannot issue a legal request for mutual legal assistance. It is dependent on the cooperation which we have established."
EACC detectives want to establish how the election materials tendering process awarded to the UK firm was carried out and whether the law was breached.
They get paid don't they?How many have big crimes have been brought to court since inception?
Speaking after the sentencing of the two Smith & Ouzman directors, the EACC said it was waiting for the evidence file from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK in order to finalise its investigations into the case and forward its findings to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for action.