Lawyer Shadrack Wambui with his client Danstan Omari at the Milimani law courts on December 23, 2024/Ezekiel Aming'a
City lawyer Danstan Omari has warned former Law Society of Kenya president Nelson Havi against continued allegations linking to corruption in the Judiciary, saying he will sue for defamation.
Omari is also demanding a public apology from Havi after the lawyer-cum politician claimed Omari was getting favourable judgments before select judges because of graft.
Havi made the allegations on his X account on social media.
Through his lawyer, Shadrack Wambui, Omari has given Havi seven days to retract the accusations and publish an apology in a newspaper with national circulation.
"Unless an unconditional apology, liability, and compensation are made to our client within the next seven days, we have firm instructions to file court proceedings against you without further reference,” Wambui said in the demand letter to Havi.
Havi is among four former LSK presidents who on Friday last week called for Chief Justice Martha Koome’s resignation, citing her failure to deal with graft in the Judiciary.
Havi later claimed on Facebook as well as on X social media platforms that Omari was among lawyers abetting corruption in the Judiciary and should be removed from the roll of advocates.
Omari’s lawyer, Wambui, termed the allegations false, malicious, and defamatory.
“Our client (Omari) has practised law for many years, and these malicious accusations undermine his hard-earned reputation and standing in the legal community,” Wambui said.
“If he has any evidence about the claims he has made then he can take them to the Judicial Service Commission or the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for proper action to be taken,” Omari said.