Nairobi
County Senator Gideon Sonko Mike Mbuvi has been directed by the High
Court to file further evidence in the Sh25billion compensation case for
the 2011 Sinai fire tragedy victims.
High court judge David Majanja directed the evidence be filed in court within 14 days.
“This
case needs to be fast tracked. All the evidence required must be filed
and served to the relevant parties as soon as possible,” Justice Majanja
directed.
The judge was informed by lawyer Evans Ondieki for the
856 fire victims that “all documentation is ready it is only awaiting
signature by the former Makadara lawmaker.”
The lawyer told the
court that he has not been able to reach the senator as he has changed
the telephone numbers he was using before the last general elections.
“My
court process servers have not been able to find Mr Mbuvi in his
Buruburu residence. They were told he has since moved to Runda Estate,”
Mr Ondieki told the judge.
Said he: “ I am finding difficulties in reaching the senator but I hope to find him to append his signature on the documents.”
The judge was urged to indulge the lawyer for 14 days.
Justice Majanja directed the lawyer to serve all the parties in the suit.
Mr
Mbuvi filed the case last year seeking compensation for the 103 people
who perished in the morning inferno from the spillage of highly
inflammatory discharge from the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC).
In
the pleadings Mr Mbuvi has categorised in three levels. He has
identified those who died as 103 and will be asking the court to award
them differently.
He is also asking the court to compensate over
300 people who suffered injuries and the rest are those who suffered
loss when their businesses were licked by tongues of fire.
The
rolling fire which was sparked by a spillage at the KPC environs in the
morning of September 2011 left a trail of damage and loss of innocent
lives.
Mr Mbuvi has named KPC and other government departments as respondents.
Justice Majanja fixed the case for hearing April 26,2013.
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi; Kenya: At least 56 members of the National Assembly, 7 senators and 20 governors will not sit pretty in their offices owing to petitions filed in courts challenging their election.
Another five women representatives will battle for their seats in Court over the next six months as judiciary settles election disputes arising from the March 4 General Election.
The numbers are expected to rise as Judiciary is expected to revise the fresh figures Friday April 12 as it battles to capture all cases on its electronic register.
The break down issued by Naim Bilal Yaseen, the director of Public Affairs and Communication said : “the total number of petitions filed in courts all over the country, excluding the Presidential Election Petitions, stands at 145.”
The petitions add to three cases which were filed in the Supreme Court where Raila Odinga challenged the election of his rival Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Supreme Court upheld Uhuru’s election as valid and paved way for inauguration last Tuesday, taking the reigns of power from Mwai Kibaki who has proceeded to retirement after 10- years at the helm.
The distribution of petitions filed against the various elective posts showed 20 Governors, 7 Senators , 56 members of the National Assembly, 5 Women Representatives , a whooping 56 County Assembly Representatives ands three Speakers of County Assemblies will have to frequent corridors of justice as the cases proceed.
Among those facing legal battles is Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero whose election is being challenged by former Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu.
Machakos Governor Dr Alfred Mutua similarly faces a petition filed by Wavinya Ndeti.
The Chief Justice Dr willy Mutunga cancelled leace for all judicial officers between March and October 2013 to allow the offices hear and determine cases within six months as stipulated in the law.
Magistrates courts will hear and determine cases filed at the County level while High Courts will arbitrate the petitions challenging election of Members of the National Assembly and Governors.
By David Ohito
Source: Standard Media
Suna MP Mohammed Junet and his wife, Deka Jamaa, at their home. [Photo: Nick Oluoch/Standard]
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Although he is a former Migori town Mayor, having been nominated as a councillor in 2003, Mr Junet’s rise to become the first MP of the new Suna East constituency, attests to how far politics has evolved in Nyanza.
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On Monday, Kenyans were shocked to learn that the purported ICC witnesses who are being relied on by ICC, were coached and paid by
