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Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru has been freed after the DPP, Renson Ingonga, declined to approve traffic-related charges against him. [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]

Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, a close ally of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua walked free on Thursday after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) declined to approve traffic-related charges that had been prepared against him following his arrest by Kasarani traffic police officers.

Njiru had been brought to the Milimani Law Courts after spending more than three hours in the basement holding cells awaiting arraignment over an alleged traffic obstruction incident along Thika Road on Wednesday night.

A few minutes before 1pm Njiru was escorted into court alongside more than 40 other traffic suspects.