The Judiciary has formally requested the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to investigate prominent lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi following a series of explosive bribery allegations he made against sitting judges.
In a letter dated May 20 and signed by Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Winfridah Mokaya, the Judiciary accuses Ahmednasir of engaging in conduct that constitutes a criminal offence under Kenyan law.
The letter cites concerns that his persistent public attacks on judicial officers risk eroding public confidence in the institution and undermining the rule of law.
“This pattern of conduct amounts to a crime under the laws of Kenya. We are deeply concerned that if this continues, it will erode public confidence in the Judiciary and undermine the rule of law,” the letter reads.
The move follows a string of social media posts by Ahmednasir — a vocal critic of the Judiciary — in which he claimed that a Supreme Court judge accepted a Sh4 million bribe to influence a case before the Court of Appeal.
He further alleged that the judge later refunded Sh3 million to the client after the decision did not go in their favour, promising to reimburse the remaining Sh1 million within a week.
In a defiant response on social media platform X, Ahmednasir dismissed Mokaya’s letter as an attempt to muzzle a whistleblower rather than address judicial corruption.
“Instead of investigating the Supreme Court judge who took a bribe of Sh6 million, she has the audacity to ask for my apprehension,” he wrote.
He also questioned the legitimacy of the letter, noting that it was not signed, and insisted that the Judiciary’s declining credibility was the result of internal rot — not external criticism.
“It is the incompetence and graft leadership of the Judiciary that erodes public confidence… not cries for a graft-free Judiciary,” he added.