Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has announced that he has moved to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) after the Supreme Court permanently barred him and his law firm from seeking an audience before it.
In a statement on Friday January 19, Ahmednasir said he has instructed his lawyers to file a petition at the EACJ appealing the Supreme Court’s decision.
The vocal lawyer said noted he will not waste time going to the Supreme Court claiming it is corrupt.
“I have instructed my lawyers to file a petition in the East African Court of Justice at Arusha to seek legal redress against Koome's judicial skulduggery and niggling shenanigans. I will not waste time in going to Koome's corrupt court,” said Ahmednasir.
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On Thursday the Supreme Court announced that Ahmednasir and his law firm will not be allowed to appear before it.
The top court mentioned that the senior counsel has been relentlessly and unabashedly conducting a campaign aimed at scandalizing, ridiculing, and outrightly denigrating the apex court.
“In view of the foregoing, it is the decision of this Court, that henceforth and from the date of this Communication, you shall have no audience before the Court, either by yourself, through an employee of your law firm, or any other person holding brief for you, or acting pursuant to your instructions,” a statement from the Supreme Court read in part.
The court pointed out that Ahmednasir was in 2018 cautioned against making unsubstantiated attacks directed at it but he persisted the attacks in his media posts, media interviews, and write-ups.
The Supreme Court’s move has been opposed by a number of Kenyans including Law Society of Kenya President Eric Theuri who accused the court of violating a consumer's rights by dictating who should appear before them.
"The Court has no legal right to bar an Advocate duly authorized by the Law Society to practice law," Theuri stated.
