Taita-Taveta Governor-elect Granton Samboja. He wants the High Court to stop EACC and DPP from prosecuting him. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]Taita Taveta Governor-elect Granton Samboja has moved to the High Court, seeking to stop the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from prosecuting him over the authenticity of his academic papers.In the petition, the Star reports, Samboja wants the DPP to be stopped from arresting, charging and prosecuting him in relation to the matter of alleged forgery of academic certificates and using the same to gain admission into a Master’s Degree course at Kenyatta University.The former radio personality says the EACC has unlawfully and maliciously sought to recommend the case to the DPP, who could give consent to further investigations and his prosecution."This is a persecution in the public gallery as opposed to prosecution based in constitutional and evidentiary statutory safeguards," Samboja says.He adds: "I have been apprehensive since the EACC has assumed the role of a prosecutor and judge by airing on prime time news and publishing in leading print media information that implies I am guilty and should be arrested."Samboja says he was cleared by the IEBC to run for the gubernatorial seat but was later summoned by the EACC to appear before the commission with regard to authenticity of his degree certificateJustice Chacha Mwita has, however, directed the governor-elect to serve the EACC and DPP with the petition.

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