Kenya gets 30 days to file evidence in US embassy blast payout
Wednesday May 26 2021
By Richard Munguti
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Justice Weldon Korir gave the government ministries 30 days to file responses to the case filed last week by the blast victims.
The Interior and Defence ministries told the judge they are yet to get instructions from senior officers within government.
The government has been ordered to file evidence within 30 days in response to a suit where Kenyans affected by bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi 22 years ago are seeking compensation from the State.
Justice Weldon Korir gave the government ministries 30 days to file responses to the case filed last week by the blast victims.
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Detaining patients illegal, court declares
Health & Science - By
Kamau Muthoni | March 5th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
A patient has no obligation to pay a hospital for the period he or she is detained for failing to foot a medical bill.
The declaration was made by High Court judge Weldon Korir in a case filed by Emma Muthoni against Nairobi Women’s Hospital for detaining her over Sh1.7 million bill.
Ms Muthoni spent two months at the city hospital and her bill was Sh3 million. At the time she was discharged on May 14, 2018, the bill had shot to Sh4 million.
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Rights groups suffer setback in Covid-19 isolation billing suit
Thursday January 07 2021
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The Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Networking on HIV/Aids and the Katiba Institute wanted the order to be directed to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH).
The groups moved to court in October last year on behalf of two individuals whose medical bills amounting to Sh108,000 they claimed the government failed to settle. They claimed the two individuals were detained at KUTRRH after they were unable to clear the bills.
The High Court has thrown out an application by two rights advocacy groups seeking to restrain the Ministry of Health from detaining individuals who are unable to pay the costs of testing, isolation and treatment for Covid-19 incurred in public hospitals.