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Kenya gets 30 days to file evidence in US embassy blast payout
Wednesday May 26 2021
By Richard Munguti
Summary
Justice Weldon Korir gave the government ministries 30 days to file responses to the case filed last week by the blast victims.
The Interior and Defence ministries told the judge they are yet to get instructions from senior officers within government.
The government has been ordered to file evidence within 30 days in response to a suit where Kenyans affected by bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi 22 years ago are seeking compensation from the State.
Justice Weldon Korir gave the government ministries 30 days to file responses to the case filed last week by the blast victims.
The charge sheet read that the blogger had unlawfully published a piece of false information.
Nyakundi was accused of tweeting, “Kenya power has been looted by Jubilee through Ken Tarus who got the Managing Director job using fake papers. This country is being led by criminals.”
In his ruling, Korir said that the provision is too retrogressive to fit in a democratic country, stating that it is difficult for people to express themselves without violating the said provision.
“It is difficult for one to express himself or herself without violating the said provision,” he ruled.
Section 66 of the Penal Code states that “any person who publishes any false statement, rumor or report which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or to disturb the public peace is guilty of a misdemeanor.”