Paul Gicheru Njoroge was a Kenyan lawyer and qualified advocate of the High Court of Kenya who was accused by the International Criminal Court of bribing and intimidating witnesses in a case against the now Kenyan President William Ruto, and journalist Joshua Sang that was dismissed in 2016.
13 Facts About Paul Gicheru
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Paul Gicheru faced charges of bribery and corruptly inducing witnesses to interfere with justice.
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Paul Gicheru died while awaiting a decision in the case.
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Paul Gicheru was schooled at Kapsabet Boys between 1987 and 1990 before proceeding to the University of Nairobi to pursue a Bachelor of Law degree.
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Paul Gicheru held a postgraduate diploma from Kenya School of Law.
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Paul Gicheru began his career at Kalya and Company Advocates in Eldoret before proceeding to open his own - Paul Gicheru and Company Advocates in the same town.
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Paul Gicheru surrendered to the ICC five years later on 2 November 2020 to the Netherlands authorities to answer to the alleged charges of corruptly influencing witnesses of the court.
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On 1 February 2021 Paul Gicheru was released to Kenya with specific conditions restricting liberty.
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Paul Gicheru pleaded not guilty to the charges and the closing statements to the case were made on 27 June 2022.
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Paul Gicheru died at his house in Karen, Nairobi, on 26 September 2022.
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Paul Gicheru was awaiting a decision from the chamber on whether he was responsible for the scheme to interfere with the ICC case, or not.
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Paul Gicheru's lawyer suspected foul play and asked for an investigation.
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Paul Gicheru was buried on 6 October 2022 at his family farm in Kwa Nguku, Bahati sub-county in Nakuru County.