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Ban on Muhuri, Haki accounts lifted

MOMBASA: The High Court Thursday lifted the ban freezing the bank accounts of Haki Africa and Muslim Human Rights, sparking jubilation by human rights crusaders in Mombasa.

 

The bank accounts were frozen by the Government in April after the two organisations were linked to funding terror activities. But Thursday, Justice Anyara Emukule said the freezing of the accounts was both unconstitutional and illegal and violated the rights of the two organisations to own property.

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