Makau Mutua at a past event. (Photo/theafricanewspot.org)
Professor Makau Mutua has lashed out at Fazul Mahamed for deregistering Kenya Human Rights Commission.
The Commission was deregistered over allegations it is operating illegal bank accounts, employing expatriates fraudulently and failing to account for donor funds.
Through his social media account, Mutua said the High Court had dismissed the reasons highlighted by Fazul in the letter dated August 14.
"Fazul has no legal authority to deregister KHRC. High Court last year rejected these false charges and ordered him to cease and desist," Mutua said on Monday.
However, in the letter to the rights group, Fazul said the agency has opened four illegal accounts adding that "two of these are at NIC bank and the others at CBA"
"KHRC cannot account for Sh1.2 billion that was in the account by October 4, 2016, in accordance with the NGOs Coordination Act 1990," Fazul added as quoted by the Star newspaper.
The civil society organisation one of the oldest in Kenya was anticipated to file a petition against President Uhuru Kenyatta's August 8 poll victory.