High Court suspends case to jail Wetang'ula for contempt

Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang'ula. [File, Standard]

The High Court has suspended the hearing of an application by 12 activists who are seeking to have National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula jailed for six months over his alleged defiance of a court ruling that declared the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition as the Majority Party in Parliament.

On Friday, a three-judge bench consisting of Justices Jairus Ngaah, John Chigiti, and Lawrence Mugambi declined to hear or give directions on the contempt of court case against Wetang'ula, citing the fact that the same dispute is pending before the Court of Appeal.