Thika Chief Magistrate Stella Atambo can now breathe a sigh of relief after the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) was allowed to join a case challenging her investigation by EACC.
This comes after the High Court allowed the association to join a petition filed by Atambo challenging search warrants issued to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in relation to a corruption probe targeting her.
KMJA on March 15, 2025 filed an application seeking to be admitted in the case as an interested party, on the grounds that Atambo is a member of the association and the association wishes to support her lawsuit seeking to bar the State from prosecuting her on corruption charges The Petition arises from a search conducted by the EACC on March 13, 2025 at her residence.
Read: Thika chief magistrate Stella Atambo sues to block graft probe The operation by EACC followed multiple allegations that the magistrate solicited and received bribes from accused persons appearing before her court.
