Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo now wants Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji to be appearing in person in court when prosecuting high profile cases.
In the recent months, Haji has been criticised of making several media appearances but failing to show up in person at the court during prosecution.
Speaking during a KTN interview on Wednesday, Dr Amollo said Haji, should stop delegating some of the cases henceforth, adding that he should also reduce media appearances.
“When you go for high cases, you need the person who was approved by Parliament to be the chief prosecutor to do it. You need Kenyans to see that we appointed this man as our DPP to prosecute and he’s now prosecuting,” he said.
“If you keep delegating then it begs the question: Were you the proper person to be appointed as the prosecutor or it’s the other person that you are delegating to?” Mr Amollo added.
According to him, Mr Haji may not have practiced law before his appointment as DPP. He however, said that the arrest of former CS Henry Rotich and PS Kamau Thugge was an indication that he was right on tract.
The DPP delegated the high profile case involving the two and 26 others over the alleged embezzlement of Sh21 billion meant for construction of Kimwarer and Arror dams, to former Mombasa Mayor Taib Ali Taib.
“He’s one of those lawyers who has not been quite in practice of law ... to the best of my knowledge, I don’t think he has practised in court before he was appointed,” he said.
“That’s why I think he has been court shy, but one thing I can see from all his endeavours is that he has the courage to go for anybody irrespective of their station and that is a good thing,” said the ODM legislator.