Court rules no DNA test for TNA Senator Kembi Gitura

Deputy Speaker of Senate Kembi Gitura [Photo:File]

By Lucianne Limo

NAIROBI,KENYA:The High Court has dismissed an application for a DNA test filed by a man claiming to be Deputy Speaker of Senate Kembi Gitura’s son.

Justice David Majanja dismissed the application filed by Roy Kiarie who claims that Gitura, who is also the Murang’a Senator on a Jubilee ticket, is his biological father.

Kiarie, 41 sought to have Gitura undergo a DNA test to determine if the politician is his biological father.

He filed a constitutional petition seeking an order to compel Gitura, to accept him as a son.

Kiarie said he has been ridiculed and called a bastard due to Gitura’s refusal to acknowledge him.

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He asked the court to issue an order declaring that the Senator is his biological father and wanted to be allowed him adopt his surname.

 “I am disturbed that my current and future offspring may associate with people of the same family to the extent of even marriage unknowingly,” says Kairie.

Kairie claimed that Gitura had a relationship with his mother, Rachel Kiarie, resulting in his birth.

“I have filed the case because my rights as a citizen have been violated,” said Kiarie.