Agriculture CS nominee Mithika Linturi told the National Assembly Committee on Appointments that he has 35 civil cases pending in court.
Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Appointments on Friday, Linturi blamed his woes on the bad relationship he had with former DCI boss George Kinoti and his political affliction in the 2022 general elections.
The committee led by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa and Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi put Linturi on task to explain his litany of cases and runnings with the law.
“As I seat here I have 35 cases in court. And these 35 cases are of civil nature. I have no criminal case in this country,” Linturi explained.
“The only criminal case I had was the attempted rape case and the complainant Beryl Akoth withdrew the case where I was actually the complainant. Everybody knows the kind of bad relationship I had with the DCI and the political position I had taken in the last election,” he added.
Linturi, however, said he now wants to only focus on Kenyans in the Agriculture Ministry docket if he is approved by the committee.
“I have fought so many cases and I don’t think I have the energy. I want to frame my mind given the opportunity to work for this country I must also let it go, forget the pain and persecution I have gone through. I have left it to their conscience and God to deal with them because they are many,” he said.
