An Appeal court has found Nairobi County Secretary and Member of County Assembly have been found guilty of disobeying orders that stopped them from taking over a family property.
George Ngacha Njiriri and had moved to court after the county and Kariobangi South MCA took over their property located in Buruburu despite a court order stopping the eviction.
In a ruling delivered on December 15 by judges Sankale Ole Kantai, Francis Tuiyot and Mwaniki Gachoka found the County Secretary and Mbatia guilty.
“Ultimately, we find and order Robert Mbatia and the person or persons occupying the office of the County Secretary, County Government of Nairobi between 14th April 2023, and 16th June 2023 are guilty of disobeying the order of this Court made on 14th
April 2023 in Civil Application No. E422 of 2022”, the judges ruled.
The judges further said the Registry of the Court shall, on priority basis, give a date for hearing of the notice to show cause and the advocate for the applicants shall serve a hearing notice upon the contempt and the advocates on record for the respondents.
During hearing of the contempt motion, the judges noted that neither the alleged County Sectary, MCA nor their counsel appeared notwithstanding that a hearing notice had been served on their advocate on 9th October 2023.
According to Njiriri had his family, they were allocated the land by the defunct City Council of Nairobi in November 2002.
