Domitila Mwikali Kawembe has sued the Attorney General, Embakasi OCS, and the commissioner of police in 2008 under the old Constitution for the detention and wants the court to award her Sh14.1 million in damages. She was a househelp in Pipeline area, Nairobi, staying with a family she had only served for two weeks. In her court submissions, Domitila told the court that she went out and sat with some women in the compound where her employer’s house was situated. The witness further confirmed that Domitila was being held in a cell with both adults and children,” the documents indicate. Mwikali and her lawyer will be back in court on April 2 for direction on the date of judgement.

Source: The Star March 23, 2019 13:41 UTC