High Court has dismissed embattled Judge Said Juma Chitembwe application seeking to block the hearing of four petitions.
Justice Chitembwe made an application on Wednesday, December 8 seeking to block the Judicial Service Commission from hearing the petitions calling for his removal from office.
In his application, he had argued that the viral video and audio recordings released by Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko were illegal.
He had challenged the date of the recordings stating that one could not verify and that they were recorded without his knowledge and consent.
Justice Chitembwe expressed disappointment in the manner JSC had handled the three petitions insinuating that his right to a fair hearing would be violated.
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" As a result of this there is no uniform format for conducting of proceedings which is against the rules of the natural justice.
"The petitioner is genuinely apprehensive that the JSC reliance on purported audio and video recordings obtained by the 1st respondents in contravention of the constitution will greatly prejudice the petitioner's rights to fair administrative action from the JSC, " his petition read in part.
He was quick to dismiss the recordings of alleged brother Amana Said Jirani and an unidentified person in one of the video clips.
Speaking on the matter of the 14 days duration given by Chief Justice Martha Koome, he stated that the duration was too short for him to prepare and file a response.
At the same time, lamenting on the failure of the commission to provide him with the witness documents or list of documents to be relied upon in his response to the defamatory recordings.
