A Nairobi magistrate's court has barred lawyer Thomas Letangule and his colleague Abdulhakim Dahir Sheikh from defaming Lands Principal Secretary Nixon Korir.
This is in relation to the sale of a 93-acre Kenya Railways land parcel in Embakasi, Nairobi, valued at Sh2.7 billion.
PS Korir moved to court after Letangule and his law firm linked him to the allegedly fraudulent sale of the land, identified as Nairobi/Block125/2173.
Milimani Commercial Magistrate Becky Cheloti Mulemia granted temporary injunction orders restraining the respondents-including their employees or agents-from further publishing defamatory statements against the PS regarding the purported illegal acquisition of the parcel. "That in the interim pending the hearing and determination of the application a temporary Injunction is issued against the Defendants/Respondents whether by themselves, employees or agents restraining them from further publication of defamatory statements against the Plaintiff/Applicant herein in relation to the purported illegal acquisition of a land parcel identified as Nairobi/Block125/2173 located in Embakasi measuring 93 acres," the order reads.
