Supreme Court registrar Esther Nyaiyaki. [Photo/ Nation]
The anti-corruption commission is accusing the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) of showing a biased interpretation of the law in a case involving embattled Supreme Court registrar Esther Nyaiyaki. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), after receiving orders from Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko, is keen on investigating the Ms Nyaiyaki for allegedly misleading judges by providing fake forms during Raila Odinga’s presidential petition. The fake forms led to the nullification of the presidential election results, the petition argues. But LSK has fought attempts to have Nyaiyaki questioned over the alleged fake forms, saying that investigating her will amount to interfering with the independence of the judiciary. EACC boss Halakhe Wakhe now says LSK President Isaac Okero is exercising double standards in the Nyaiyaki case, adding that his agency has in the past investigated other judicial officers. Wakhe cites EACC’s investigation of former judiciary registrar Gladys Shollei, a move that led to her being forced out of the position, in a six-page letter to the LSK boss. “The commission is then justified to wonder what the sudden turnaround on the part of the LSK is all about when it comes to the current investigations. Why now?” part of the letter reads, as quoted by The Star. The Supreme Court judges largely relied on a report, whose documents were allegedly doctored, prepared by Nyaiyaki to nullify President Uhuru Kenyatta win.