A Homa Bay court has ordered the Star newspaper to pay a businessman and his company Sh22 million for a story it published in 2018. Owino sued the Star for defamation after the story was published, claiming the article was defamatory and punitive. Judge Kiarie said it was not in dispute that Owino’s company was the subject of investigations by the EACC. Judge Kiarie said Mbingo Enterprises has been in business for 12 years and the publication by the Star must have harmed its public standing because the article attributed criminality to them. This was for questioning why his name was left out of the list of judges who applied for ELC (Environment and Land Court) judge positions.

Source: The Star August 02, 2021 02:03 UTC