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Justice Ojwang now requests for private hearing of case

Suspended Supreme Court Justice Jackton Boma Ojwang. [Standard]

Suspended Supreme Court judge Jackton Ojwang has requested for a private hearing, backtracking on his earlier wish for an open trial.

Justice Ojwang's lawyer, Nani Mungai, told the tribunal trying him on claims of graft and judicial misconduct that the judge was concerned that some “mischaracterisations” might occur if the trial took place under the full glare of the media.

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