Friday, January 19, 2024 - Defence Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, has spoken after the Supreme Court of Kenya banned renowned Nairobi lawyer, Ahmednasir Abdullahi, from appearing before it.
In a statement on Friday,
January 19, 2024, Duale accused the Supreme Court of contravening Article 33 of
the Constitution, which provides for freedom of expression.
"The Constitution of Kenya
2010 under Article 33 provides for the freedom of expression, explicitly
stating that every person has and shall enjoy this right," Duale stated.
"Ahmednasir Abdullahi, like
any other Kenyan, is entitled to this and the Judiciary will not gag him in
this day and age of our country, guided by Constitutionalism and the Rule of
Law."
The Supreme Court on Thursday
permanently barred Ahmednasir from appearing before it over his consistent
disparaging remarks made against the institution and its judges on various
media platforms
Supreme Court judges led by
Chief Justice Martha Koome, her Deputy Philomena Mwilu, and Justices Mohamed
Ibrahim, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndungu, Isaac Lenaola and William Ouko said
Ahmednasir's attacks destroyed the individual judges’ reputations.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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