Judiciary has recently urged the Law Society of Kenya members to cancel their planned protests against Chief Justice Martha Koome and the other Supreme Court judges.
According to Paul Ndemo, several petitions challenging the Supreme Court ban had been filed in various courts thus no need to protest.
Paul, who is the spokesperson at judiciary also added that at least five applications challenging the ban had been filed at the East African Court.
Judiciary urges LSK to cancel planned protest against 7 Supreme Court judges. Photo: Courtesy.
He moreover clarified that the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the petitions were currently under review.
“In all the above matters, the recusal order made by judges of the Supreme Court from hearing and determining any matter filed by the firm of Ahmednasir Abdullahi Advocates and where Ahmednasir appears either by himself or through an employee of his law firm has been challenged,” the judiciary spokesperson revealed.
Ndemo further stated that since the applications were still pending in the courts, members of the public were forbidden from speaking about it.
The judiciary spokesperson called on the body representing lawyers to understand the importance of the sub judice rule and the significance of observing the rule of law.
LSK had announced plans to protest against the seven Supreme Court judges following their controversial ban on lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi and his law firm.
