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Court throws out businessman Humphrey Kariuki's Sh17b tax evasion case, rules only DPP can prosecute

Businessman Humphrey Kariuki. [File, Standard]

Businessman Humphrey Kariuki won big today after the High Court quashed his Sh17 billion tax evasion case, and kicked out police from prosecutorial work.

High Court Judge A. C Mrima said police overstepped their boundary in charging the business and seven others, but also found that Director of Public Prosecutions acquiesced to the unconstitutional power grab.

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