Philip Moi has obtained a temporary reprieve after a court suspended the warrant of arrest against him March 29, 2012. FILE
By PAUL JUMA
Posted Friday, March 30 2012 at 16:09
Posted Friday, March 30 2012 at 16:09
Philip Moi has obtained a temporary reprieve after a court suspended the warrant of arrest against him Friday.
Justice Nicholas Ombija suspended the warrant temporarily pending the hearing and determination of an application filed by Mr Moi’s lawyer.
Last month, a judge ordered police to arrest Mr Moi and jail him at the Industrial Area Prison for 30 days unless he paid all the maintenance due from him to his wife Rossana Pluda, who is seeking divorce.
Mr Moi, whose lawyers have been trying to have the warrant quashed through various applications before at the High Court and the Court of Appeal, has not been arrested.
His relief now comes from a new application that his lawyers made to court, arguing that he had already paid Sh540 million to Ms Pluda.
Lawyer Alloys Okwengu told Mr Justice Ombija that the arrest warrant was no longer necessary as Mr Moi had paid to Ms Pluda the amount that she had demanded.
The judge issued the suspension pending full hearing and determination of the application.
Previously, Mr Moi offered to give his estranged wife "a decent home" along Ngong Road, in South C, Kileleshwa or Runda.
He made the offer to settle the demands that Ms Pluda had made, but the latter said that she would accept a home and Sh100 million to start a business.
She also said that she would require Mr Moi to pay for the children's education, including in universities overseas.
The couple is engaged in a divorce case, in which Mr Moi was ordered to pay Ms Pluda a monthly maintenance allowance of Sh250,000.
The court issued the warrant of arrest in February after it found that the son of former President Moi defaulted in making the payments.
Mr Moi has constantly pleaded that he is unable inability to pay the monthly allowance.
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