Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi now says that the state's move to withdraw multibillion money laundering cases is giving President William Ruto's administration a bad name.
According to the lawyer, Kenyans need to know why Attorney General Justin Muturi has withdrawn the cases, which amount to over Sh100 billion.
Ahmednasir added that the move by Muturi insinuates that, that is the government's official policy.
"I think Kenyans have a right to know why the Attorney General has withdrawn many cases worth over Sh100 billion involving NIGERIANS accused of MONEY LAUNDERING? It gives H.E @WilliamsRuto's govt bad publicity for it creates a perception that AG's actions reflect official policy," he said.
The lawyer was reacting to a move by the Asset Recovery Agency on Monday, where it sought to have the Sh6.6 billion case involving a Nigerian company - Flutterwave withdrawn.
The payments company had its operations suspended for about a year over suspicion of money laundering and the Central Bank of Kenya cautioned banks against working with the entity.
The Sh6.6 billion, which was in the company's 62 accounts was frozen in July last year before the court dismissed the case filed by the ARA.
The company operated 29 bank accounts with Guaranty Trust Bank, 17 with Equity Bank and 6 with Ecobank.
Over 2,000 individuals came out to claim the frozen amounts which they said were payments for goods and services.
