Cecil Miller who sought more time to prepare the documents. Prof Ndung'u will also file his written submissions and serve them with the additional affidavit on the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Ethics andante Corruption Commission who have been named as respondents in the case. Justice Ngugi further directed the DPP and EACC to respond to the Governor's affidavit within seven days. See Also: Bid for computers tender moves to court this week The judge ordered the parties to appear for hearing on May 14. She extended orders stopping EACC and DPP from prosecuting the Governor pending the determination of his petition. Prof Ndung'u is challenging a decision by the DPP, Keriako Tobiko giving EACC the go ahead to charge him over irregularities in a Sh1.2 billion security systems tender. Prof Ndung'u accuses the DPP of infringing his fundamental rights. He argues in the petition that he was not involved in the tender process and that the tender was awarded by an authorised body. Ndung'u, who became central bank governor in 2007, argues that he is the Chief Executive Officer and is not involved in the tendering process. The Governor maintains that the award of the tender to Horsebridge Ltd is outside his jurisdiction and he cannot be held culpable for it. But the DPP in response to Prof Ndungu’s case says that he sanctioned the prosecution of the Governor because he found satisfactory evidence that he conferred a benefit to a company that won Sh1.2 billion security systems tender. Prof Ndung'u says the contract was awarded to Horsbridge Ltd after the Public Procurement and Administrative Review Board ordered that it should be awarded in October 2012. Tobiko says that there is sufficient evidence establishing criminal culpability on Prof Ndungu’s part. The DPP argues that the Governor conferred a benefit to Horsebridge Ltd due to deliberate refusal by Prof Ndung'u to accept a unanimous and well reasoned advice given to him by the CBK external lawyer. EACC in response, accuses Prof Ndung'u of ignoring in house legal advice and the counsel engaged by CBK recommending an appeal against the decision by the Public Procurement Administrative Board. The Commission argues that the investigations conducted established that the Governor, as the accounting officer of CBK, wilfully failed to comply with the law on procurement procedures. This article was published by THE STANDARD on Mach 20, 2014]]>
