Nairobi, Feb. 16 -- A Milimani court has refused to dismiss corruption charges against former Kenya Pipeline Company managing director Charles Tanui as requested by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Senior Principal Magistrate Victor Wakhumile dismissed the DPP's application, saying the public interest demanded that the case be taken to its logical conclusion.

"The power to withdraw cases is not absolute but must be exercised judiciously with due regard to the public interest," the judge ruled.

The anti-corruption magistrate said prosecutorial powers should be exercised judiciously with regard to the public interest and what the DPP was trying to do by seeking to terminate the case at the end of the trial could be achieved after a f...