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Justice Nixon Sifuna: It's wrong to charge people before probe is over

When Justice Sifuna Nixon Wanyama is sworn in as a High Court Judge. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

It is illegal for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to charge suspects before completing investigations, a judge has said.

Justice Nixon Sifuna said the practice of first charging people in court and then commencing or continuing with investigations is an affront to the right to a fair trial.

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