CHRISTOPHER NDARATHI MURUNGARU
V.
KENYA ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION & ANOTHER

RULING OF THE COURT

On 9^th January, 2006, Mr. Justice Aaron G. Ringera, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission, hereinafter called “The Commission”, sent out a notice to the Hon. Dr. Christopher Murungaru, M.P. and the said notice was sent out pursuant to the provision contained in section 26 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, Act No. 3 of 2003, hereinafter “the Act”. The Commission is a creature of Part III section 6 of the Act and its functions are elaborately set out in section 7 of the Act and like all other bodies created by or under an Act of Parliament, the Commission can only do that which it is authorized by the Act creating it and the Constitution of Kenya. The notice sent out to Dr. Murungaru, hereinafter the Applicant, was in the following terms:-

“OUR REFERENCE: KACC/INV. 6/36 (84).

9^th January, 2006.

Hon. Dr. Christopher Murungaru,

Member of Parliament,

Continental House

Nairobi.

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