The High Court in Nairobi has extended orders barring the police and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions from arresting and prosecuting 12 NASA politicians and officials over Raila Odinga’s January 30 swearing in as the people's president.
High court Judge Luka Kimaru extended the interim orders on Tuesday for a month.
The orders were extend after the politicians lawyer Nelson Havi told the court that the politicians had presented themselves to the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) as earlier directed but were turned away on grounds that they were not needed.
The 12 politicians are persons of interests in the ongoing investigations into Raila’s illegal swearing in.
Judge Kimaru ruled that the 12 politicians; Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, Senators James Orengo, George Khanairi and Cleophas Malala, Homabay Woman Rep Gladys Wanga, MPs George Aladwa, Simba Arati, Babu Owino, NASA CEO Norman Magaya and businessman Jimmy Wanjigi still need protection since they are living in fear of being arrested and prosecuted.
The court extended Sh100,000 anticipatory bail it had earlier granted to the politicians.
The ‘no arrest’ orders were extended to March 19.
The politicians moved to court stopping their possible arrest and prosecution after the government launched crackdown on politicians who planned and administered Raila’s oath as the people’s president on January 30.
Ruaraka MP T.J Kajwang was arrested days after Raila’s inauguration and charged with administering an illegal oath.
The MP who pleaded not guilty to the offense was released on Sh50,000 cash bail.
Self-proclaimed NRM leader Miguna Miguna was also arrested, detained and deported over Raila’s swearing in.
Miguna’s arrest, detention and deportation received condemnation from opposition politicians who accused the government of contravening the law.
The government has vowed to firmly deal with politicians who planned and administered Raila’s oath it had termed illegal and highly treasonous.