It was not all okay after Ahmednasir Abdulahi found out on arrival at the court that judgement for a case listed to be heard yesterday was not ready. He did not take it politely as he took to twitter to express his dissatisfaction in law practice in Kenya.
High Court judge had postponed the judgment of a case where a former MP is seeking removal of Embu Governor Martin Wambora over his failed impeachment four years ago.
Gov Wambora’s case was heard in July & listed in today’s cause list for judgment.This morning In court we are told judgment isn’t ready.Why can’t the court extend some courtesy, call our office & inform us judgment isn’t ready? Practising law in a very hostile environment!!! pic.twitter.com/fab65fLcg1
— Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC (@ahmednasirlaw) October 24, 2018
He shared a copy of the Embu High court cause list showing that the case filed by former Manyatta MP, Emilio Muriithi Kathuri, was indeed coming up for judgment.
Mr Kathuri, who was former Senator Lenny Kivuti’s running mate in August 8 gubernatorial race, argues that since Mr Wambora’s impeachment was quashed on the basis of the now annulled contempt of court allegations, the January 16, 2014 process stands.
Mr Wambora’s impeachment was invalidated by the High Court on the basis that then Speaker Kariuki Mate and Assembly Clerk Jim Kauma had acted in contempt of court by allowing debate on the motion.
The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal but the Supreme Court early this year ruled that Mr Kariuki and Mr Kauma were not in contempt of the court and also faulted Justice Cecilia Githua for interfering with a constitutional process.
Therefore the court ruled that the county assembly was right to carry out the motion and should never have been interfered with.
Senior Counsel Ahmednasir expressed his frustration claiming the court failed to notify him that Justice Florence Muchemi would not deliver the judgment on Wednesday.
However, a court official explained that an attempt to notify him was made on Monday but he had not left his contacts.Justice Muchemi explained that the judgment was not ready and said the verdict would be delivered on Tuesday next week.
Ahmednasir Abdullahi is a legal practitioner to reckon. He has set himself apart from other lawyers as an attorney who doesn’t hold any prisoners of the legal battle. He grabs opponents by their horns only to let free when they tap.
For the decades he has been in legal practice, the Mandera raised Ahmednasir has been known by many to be fearless yet controversial in his pursuits. He harbors no guilt in the quest to stick to his stand by his principles. Owing to this, he has fostered animosity and likewise alliance within both political and social divide. Many aspiring advocates seeking admission into the legal profession admire the lawyer’s unforgiving litigant undertakings.
The Nairobi Law Monthly, the magazine he publishes, gives highly opinionated law and political voices a new place to sound off.
Was Ahmednasir right to throw a fit or the courts should be respected no matter what?