Court declines to award MUHURI Sh2m in suit against state

Muslim for Human Rights (MUHURI)'s lawyer James Orengo, group chairperson Khelef Khalifa and former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga at the Mombasa High Court. MUHURI had sued the state for linking it to terror group al-Shabaab. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

High Court has declined to award Muslim for Human Rights (MUHURI) Sh2.1 million in damages in a defamation suit against the government for linking it to the al-Shabaab terror group.

While throwing out the case, Justice Dorah Chepkwony ruled that the suit was time-barred, wondering why the organisation failed to file it within 12 months.