The clear misses in Githongo's Sh27m defamation rulingInuka Kenya CEO and former anti-graft Czar John Githongo. While no details were provided as to the nature of the attempted compromise, the manner in which Justice Onyancha handled the disqualification was also mysterious. Odinga pleaded for a change of hearing date due to official commitments, but these were dismissed by Justice Sergon in late 2018. Besides underrepresenting issues of process in the final judgement, Justice Sergon totally ignored questions of context. In this regard, the outcome of the Murungaru case mirrors that of a previous famous defamation case, the one by Nicholas Biwott.

Source: Standard Digital May 11, 2019 21:05 UTC