Raila son opposes MP’s bid to strike out case
By NATION REPORTER
Posted Wednesday, May 23 2012 at 22:30
Posted Wednesday, May 23 2012 at 22:30
Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son has opposed a move by an MP seeking the dismissal of a defamation case he has filed against the lawmaker.
Mr Fidel Odinga has sued Medical Services assistant minister Kazungu Kambi for linking him to a maize importation scandal.
But Mr Kambi wants the case dismissed because the Prime Minister’s son has not prosecuted it since November 2009.
However, during the mention of the case on Wednesday, Fidel’s lawyer asked trial judge Hatari Waweru to allow him more time to respond to the application for dismissal.
The lawyer told the court that the law firm of Rachier and Amollo Advocates, acting for Fidel, had been unable to respond to the suit because the lawyer assigned the case had left the company.
The judge directed Fidel’s lawyer to file a response to the application scheduled for hearing on July 16.
Mr Kambi wants the case dismissed because Fidel has refused to prosecute it from the last court attendance in 2009. He says the case is an abuse of the court process.
The case was instituted in February 2009 after Mr Kambi addressed a press conference at Parliament Buildings on the importation of maize.
Fidel claims that Mr Kambi maliciously and falsely associated him with the importation of maize into the country at the press conference. He wants the court to direct Mr Kambi to pay him compensation.
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