The High Court in Kenya has ruled that the assets of Felicien Kabuga, a Rwandan tycoon suspected of financing the 1994 genocide, remain frozen until a United Na
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Justice Apondi Muga when he appeared before the Judicial Service Commission for the interview of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Kenya at the Anniversary towers.[Standard]
A former judge has lost his claim for Sh2.5 million legal fees from a lawyer he helped in handling an election petition in 2017.
Court of Appeal Judges Roseline Nambuye, Gatembu Kairu and Sankale ole Kantai ruled that former High Court Judge Muga Apondi should not claim the money from lawyer Philip Nyachoti since he had no direct instruction to appear in the election petition.
The judges set aside a High Court decision that had ordered the lawyer to pay the former judge the amount on account that there was no contract between them to justify the legal fees.