ALLEGATIONS of homosexuality against former Venezuela ambassador Geraldo De Silva by his male employees at the embassy's residence were never validated, a Nairobi court heard yesterday.
John Ngure, the employees’ lawyer at the Venezuelan residence told a court there was nothing of substance regarding the allegations discussed between him and the complainants.
He said there is no case because the sexual harassment claims cannot be substantiated.
Ngure said even though it was claimed Geraldo was a homosexual and was making advances towards his male employees, no one knew whether the allegations were true.
The court had issued a warrant for his arrest but it was lifted when he appeared in court yesterday to testify in the murder trial of f who was murdered in her Runda residence on July 27, 2012.
In his testimony, Ngure said he was approached by runaway suspect Mohamed Ahmed, who requested that he represents some workers at the residence over sexual harassment claims by the former envoy.
Those who claimed of being harassed were Wafula Wanyama, Francis Mwangi and Peter Isienya.
Ngure told trial judge Roselyn Korir he wrote to the Foreign Affairs ministry to inform them what was happening at the embassy.
The letter cited what the employees were going through.
It also addressed how the Diplomatic police station was reluctant in taking action against Geraldo.
Ngure said Mohammed was very keen to know what was going on between him and ministry regarding the claims.
“He was very persistent that we should proceed and file a case because the ministry was taking too long to reply,” he said.
The court heard that Ngure met the complainants at the residence with Mohammed, who did not give them a chance to speak for themselves.
Ngure said Mohammed always spoke on behalf of the complainants.
“They never said a word to me. I did not have an opportunity to ask them about the sexual harassment allegations. It was Mohammed who was explaining everything. They had not even recorded any statements,” he said.
Ngure said after meeting the complainants, nothing could sustain the case because they had not taken any statements from the complainants and Geraldo, who was enjoying diplomatic immunity, had already left the country.
He said he did not know what Mohammed’s motive was when he reported the sexual harassment claims even after Geraldo had left the country.