The High Court is on Monday expected to give directions in a case in which the Law Society of Kenya sued the Supreme Court and its judges over the ban they imposed on Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi.
Justice Chacha Mwita scheduled the matter for 9 am this morning.
The LSK in a petition lodged before the Milimani law Courts, says the decision by the Apex court was unfair and unreasonable.
LSK says that the court condemned the senior counsel, his employees, or any other person holding brief for him, without affording them an opportunity to be heard despite the ‘serious nature of the allegations and veracity of the decision’
The Supreme Court communicated its decision to ban the senior counsel through a letter signed by Registrar L.M Wachira some two weeks ago.
The letter said the counsel and his law firm should not appear before it over what the court termed as years of consistently distasteful remarks made against the institution and its judges on various media platforms.
"Given the foregoing, it is the decision of this Court, that henceforth and from the date of this communication, you shall have no audience before the Court, either by yourself, through an employee of your law firm, or any other person holding brief for you," the statement read in part.
TISA Kenya sued the government
At the High Court, a case in which The Institute of Social Accountability (TISA) Kenya sued the government seeking information on Kenya’s debt treaties, agreements, and contracts is to be heard today.
Parties are to highlight their submissions on the case listed before Justice Lawrence Mugambi.
The case was filed in 2022 against the National Treasury CS and the Attorney General.
TISA wants the CS to show them contracts of Kenya's debt and sovereign bonds acquired in the last nine years.
Nakuru-based medic in court
A case in which A Nakuru-based medic asked the court to declare unconstitutional the national task force to review police welfare is to be heard today.
The task force was established by President William Ruto in December 2022.
Dr Magare Gikenyi says the work is constitutionally a mandate of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) and not ‘politically and executive initiated taskforces.’
He wants the operations of the task force and the gazette notice that established it suspended.
“It is the NPSC that is supposed to establish the said task force and not the President. The President can establish any other task force but not the task force on independent commissions,” he argues.
He argues that the constitution does not envisage a situation where the President directs the working of an independent commission in this case the NPSC.
He has termed the act of the president as unconstitutional saying there has been duplication of roles.
Hearing of ex-Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal
At the anti-corruption court, the defense hearing of former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal in a Sh84 million graft case is expected to proceed before trial Magistrate Thomas Nzyuki.
The case proceeded the whole of last week with the ex-county chief and part of his cabinet defending themselves in the case.
They have maintained no money was lost and that there was value for money.