Former Lands CS Charity Ngilu was yesterday acquitted of her charges relating to a Sh8 billion Karen land.
Ngilu was removed from the Cabinet based on the suit which stated that Ngilu on June 19, 2015 obstructed investigations into 134 acres in Karen, Nairobi.
She said the accusations were aimed at smearing her character, reputation and long public service.
“I told you I was clean. I have forgiven my aggressors as I knew from the beginning that the case would be withdrawn. It is over now. Let me move on with my life.
She said the Karen land was double-allocated to one Horatius da Gama Rose of Muchanga Investments and Jos Konzolo of Telesource.com Limited before her tenure at Ardhi House.
The case was terminated by the state before chief magistrate Lawrence Mugambi of the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court.
This followed an agreement by both the prosecution and the politician that was recorded at the Court of Appeal.
Her lawyer, senior counsel Paul Muite, presented original Court of Appeal orders issued on March 6, in which appellate judges Alnashir Visram, Wanjiru Karanja and Jamila Mohamed declared Ngilu’s trial unconstitutional and directed the Anti-Corruption Court to terminate the charge.
“The purpose of this mention is to hand over the original copy of the Court of Appeal orders and to request to formally terminate the criminal case against Hon Ngilu,” Muite told the trial court. The charge sheet was amended.