The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has lodged a complaint against a ruling by the court which tossed out his defamation case.
He had filed a Ksh500 Million suit against suspended Labor Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi and three members of parliament for defamation.
In a letter addressed to Chief Justice Wily Mutunga, Atwoli described the ruling as “shocking and a miscarriage of justice as the evidence was clear that he had been defamed”.
He further requested that the judge who gave the ruling- Justice Alfred Mabeya be investigated, Capital News reports.
The Secretary General had filed the suit alongside COTU chairman Rajab Mwondi, Treasurer Rebecca Nyathogora, deputy treasurer Washington Adongo, trustees Francis Wangara and Joseph Nyabiya.
The six had sued Kambi, Moses Kuria, Francis Waititu and Alice Ng’ang’a for allegedly linking them to the slain MP George Muchai's death.
They claimed that Kambi and the MPs uttered the words “the six COTU officials are responsible for Hon Muchai’s death, we want to see them in handcuffs for Muchai’s murder,” at Muchai’s burial.
The presiding judge however dismissed the case saying the applicants had failed to supply him with sufficient evidence.
See: Atwoli's Sh 500M Defamation Case Against Kambi Dismissed
The chief justice is yet to respond to the complaint by Atwoli.
