Kenya: Speaker Wetang’ula Files Application Challenging Contempt of Court Proceedings Against Him

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula on Friday, April 4, sought the intervention of the High Court, imploring it to strike out an application accusing him of contempt of court over his ruling on the majority party in Parliament.

In a preliminary objection filed at the High Court, Speaker Wetang’ula and the National Assembly argued that the contempt of court application in relation to the said ruling was defective and in breach of their right to a fair hearing.

The National Assembly…