Supreme Court Bans SC Ahmednasir & His Law Firm
Supreme Court Bans SC Ahmednasir & His Law Firm
Supreme Court Bans SC Ahmednasir & His Law Firm
The Supreme Court’s ruling to prevent Senior Counsel Ahemdnasir Abdullahi, his legal practice Ahmednasir Abdullahi Advocates LLP, and any other representation from appearing before the highest court has prompted a response. “Isn’t it a badge of honor for the most corrupt court in Kenya to refuse me and my law firm an audience?” Ahmednasir posted on social media.
Ahmednasir had not yet responded, therefore it could be considered that his response was “given through other channels of communication.” Ahmednasir and his legal firm will not be allowed to appear before the Supreme Court, as unanimously decided by the court’s seven justices and shared on the court’s social media pages.
The attorney was charged by the Apex Court on Thursday with “relentlessly and unabashedly conducting a campaign in the broadcast, print, and social media aimed at scandalizing, ridiculing, and outrightly denigrating the Court.” A portion of the statement written by Supreme Court Registrar Letizia Muthoni Wachira said, “Given 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.”
Wachira stated that she was authorised by the full seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court of Kenya to address SC Ahmednasir.
“Through social media posts, media interviews and write-ups, you have accused the Court either in its constitutive persona, or individual membership, of acts of corruption, incompetence and outright bribery. This, you have done with reckless abandon, paying scant regard to the reputations of those who tirelessly serve on the Court in accordance with their Oath of Office.
“Notwithstanding the damage to the reputation of the Court, and the Judges who have served thereon over the years, both in its corporate and individual posture, and in an effort to render justice to those you represent, the Court has exercised restraint by not deploying the punitive tools available to it against you,” the registrar stated.
Chief Justice Martha Koome, her deputy Philomena Mwilu and Justices Mohamed Khadhar Ibrahim, Dr. Smokin Wanjala, Justice Njoki Susanna Ndung’u, Isaac Lenaola and William Ouko argued that they warned the SC that such conduct would in the future, not go unpunished.
Nevertheless, it was claimed that SC Ahmednasir continued to criticize the Supreme Court’s membership and leadership in spite of the warning. “Much as this decision is bound to affect those who may have instructed you to represent them before the Court, it is untenable that you would seek justice in the very institution and before the very Judges, whose reputation and integrity you never tire in assaulting,” Wachira, the Supreme Court’s Registrar, stated.
The Supreme Court collected some of the statements the attorney was alleged to have made against the Court and conveyed them to him in a communiqué.It also issued a warning that Ahmednasir’s penalty will serve as a model for other attorneys and judges.
