Brookside: Case against Nyali MP is on infringed rights, not defamation

Nyali MP Mohamed Ali. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Milk processor Brookside has told the court that filing a defamation case against Nyali MP Mohamed Ali would not offer a remedy on the rights it claims were infringed by the legislator’s statement that it has been exploiting farmers and consumers.

While urging the court to dismiss Ali’s objection, Brookside’s lawyer Desterio Oyatsi asserted that the law on defamation deals with reputation while the case before court was on the rights to do business and not to be subjected to public resentment.