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Judge pulls out of Joho appeal case

Mombasa county governor Ali Hassan Joho

A Mombasa appellate court judge has pulled out of case in which the State lodged an appeal against a 2017 High Court order barring harassment of Governor Hassan Joho over alleged forgery.

Three judges had been appointed to listen to the State’s appeal but yesterday the matter could not proceed after Justice Wanjiru Karanja disqualified herself on grounds she was the governor’s neighbour.

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