By Simon Nare
The National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi has suggested that a new model of investigating complex criminal cases should be introduced so that prosecutors and police investigators are in synch to ensure successful convictions.
Batohi told MPs at the Standing Committee for Public Accounts that there were instances where police investigators and prosecutors were not on the same page in pursuing certain criminal cases, and this further complicated the job of prosecutors.
The advocate said it was imperative that the two departments were on the same page and worked in a coordinated. However, it had emerged that investigators would say one thing to their superiors while prosecutors were saying something different to their superiors.
“That is where you have these challenges and I think going back to where the chair said you know maybe the IDAC (Investigating Directorate Against Corruption) prosecution-led model is perhaps the
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