Blow to the Supreme Court of Kenya as the Milimani High Court in Nairobi dismissed bid by the Apex Court judges to stop the hearing of a case challenging a ban imposed on Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi.
High Court Judge, Justice Chacha Mwita dismissed the bid saying the court has the power to hear the case challenging the Supreme Court ban on Ahmednasir and his associates.
“The issues raised are under the jurisdiction of this court. The court has a duty to determine whether indeed rights and fundamental freedoms in the bill of rights have been violated or denied through the challenged action,” he said.
The Apex Court had asked the High Court not to entertain the case filed by the senior advocate saying it would be a breach of the court’s hierarchy to entertain the matter.
Senior counsel Ochieng Oduol who represents the Supreme Judges had filed an objection to the case saying that once the Apex court has decided on a particular issue and an order issued, the same cannot be the subject matter of supervision by the high court.
