Waiganjo pushes for meeting with CJ Maraga about court cases
Police imposter Joshua Waiganjo leaves a Nakuru court on March 22, 2016 after the mention of a case in which he is charged with stealing a lorry. FILE PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Waiganjo said he was within the constitutional provision that guarantees every citizen the right to information from the Judiciary boss.
- He was charged with abuse of office alongside former Rift Valley provincial boss John M’Mbijiwe and former Anti-Stock Theft Unit commandant Michael Remi Ngugi.
Police imposter Joshua Karianjayi Waiganjo wants to meet Chief Justice David Maraga over numerous cases he is facing in court.
Through lawyer Steve Kabita, Mr Waiganjo, who is serving a five-year jail term for impersonating an assistant police commissioner, filed an application before Nakuru Chief Magistrate David Mararo seeking orders to have the prison management facilitate his meeting with the Chief Justice.
“We are requesting the orders from the court to have the prison warders arrange and escort my client to the Chief Justice for he is also his client,” Mr Kabita said.
Justifying his application, Mr Waiganjo said he was within the constitutional provision that guarantees every citizen the right to information from the Judiciary boss.
Mr Kabita said his client has a right to an audience with the Chief Justice (CJ).
“Any denial [of his request for an] audience with the CJ is tantamount to an act of prejudice by the court,” he said.
Chief Magistrate Mararo, however, directed that the matter be filed in the constitutional court.
“This court is not in a position to handle the application, which is a constitutional matter. Let it be filed to the relevant court,” he said.
Mr Waiganjo was charged with abuse of office alongside former Rift Valley provincial boss John M’Mbijiwe and former Anti-Stock Theft Unit commandant Michael Remi Ngugi.
Mr M’Mbijiwe is charged with opening a file in Mr Waiganjo’s name to pass him off as a reservist, allowing him to ride in a police helicopter during a security mission in Baragoi on October 30, 2012.
Mr Ngugi is accused of allowing Mr Waiganjo unlimited access to and use of police vehicles in addition to allocating him a personal police driver.
The two are out on a Sh2 million bond each. The case will be heard on February 17, next year.
Mr Waiganjo was jailed last year by Naivasha court.
