Former National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende faces civil jail for child neglect

By KURIAN MUSA

Former National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende has been summoned to appear in court for failing to pay school fees for a child he sired.

The court wants him to show cause why he should not be sent to civil jail for failing to obey orders.

The court had on January 31 issued an order requiring Mr Marende to pay school fees for the minor and cater for other related expenses, among them a medical insurance cover and rent for the house where the child lives with the mother Jenifer Nkowua.

The applicant, through her lawyer Jane Nyaboke, told the court that the orders issued against Marende have not been complied with, forcing the desperate mother to seek the intervention of the court.

The matter will be mentioned on Monday when the defendant is expected to be present for the hearing of the contempt application.