Cecil Miller defended his client, claiming that the two parties had reached terms of settlement, after which Kidero’s side went silent. “We had a meeting on 9th. After proposing the terms of settlement, there was no response from the other side,” Miller said. Immediately Justice Lenaola lifted the orders, Kidero’s lawyer Tom Ojienda made frantic efforts to save the Governor. He appeared before Justice Weldon Korir and appealed with the judge, arguing that his petition to cushion the governor was independent of the one that had earlier been ruled on by Justice Lenaola. He said that the lifting of the arrest orders by the judge had exposed his client to possible prosecution. He said that the DPP had indicated through the press that he had lined up charges against his client and he could be arrested at any time. “This morning, Justice Lenaola discharged the orders which had earlier been given. The prosecution of my client is imminent. There are no orders to stop the prosecution,” Ojienda pleaded. Justice Korir granted the orders arguing that he had done so in the interest of justice “In the interest of justice, the police are barred for arresting the petitioner,” he said in his ruling. Before Kidero’s lawyers obtained the temporary injunction, The DPP had through lawyer Kioko Kamula laid the grounds for a possible prosecution when he convinced Justice Lenaola to drop a clause in his earlier ruling that would have allowed the court to set the date for the governor’s presentation in court.]]>
