Lawyer Tom Ojienda has for the first addressed his Friday arrest over the ongoing investigations into the collapse of Mumias Sugar.
According to Ojienda, his arrest is malicious and in bad faith by the prosecution.
In a statement posted in one of his WhatsApp campaign groups for re-election in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)Ojienda denied the charges labelled against him.
“I have read the Director of Public Prosecution’s statement with utter shock and disbelief. I would like to state without any fear of contradiction that I do not, I cannot and I have never filed a fake case. I have never conspired with any person to be paid for work not done,” Mr Ojienda said in a statement posted on Saturday.
Mr Ojienda was arrested and is being held at the Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi.
“I will present all the cases that I have handled for Mumias Sugar Company to the DCI [Directorate of Criminal Investigations] for them to pick out their alleged fake matters,” said Mr Ojienda.
During the investigations into the affairs of the company, Mr Ojienda said, prosecutors did not seek any records from him.
Ojienda is being represented by lawyer Nelson Havi.