The High Court has dismissed an application by Naivasha MP Jayne Kihara seeking to suspend criminal charges filed against her by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The court ruled that the DPP acted within the law in instituting the charges, paving the way for the MP to face trial.
The court also ordered that she take a plea on the charge of offensive conduct.
The court further ruled that there was sufficient basis for the case to proceed and declined to interfere with the prosecutorial powers of the ODPP.
This comes two weeks after Kihara was summoned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over allegations of undermining the authority of a public officer.
However, the she failed to honour the summons, only for her home to be raided by the detectives before whisking her away.
She was later released on a personal bond of Ksh50,000, where she alleged that the apprehension and charges were politically motivated.
