By RICHARD MUNGUTIMore by this AuthorA magistrate has spared two Cabinet secretaries the agony of paying $90,000 (Sh9.1 million) over the deportation of eight belly dancers to Pakistan in defiance of a court order. Milimani Law Courts senior principal magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot ruled that he would not order Mr Rashid Echesa Mohammed (Sports, Culture and Gender) and Dr Fred Matiang’i (Internal security) to personally compensate the eight deportees. “The DCI flouted orders of this court and he must be held accountable,” Mr Cheruiyot ruled. But lawyers Evans Ondieki and Dr John Khaminwa read mischief and urged the magistrate to order Mr Echesa and Dr Matiang’i to compensate the women for violating their international rights. Dr Khaminwa urged the magistrate to order the two ministers to personally compensate the eight women $90,000 for breach of their rights.

Source: Daily Nation January 08, 2019 16:52 UTC