Nandi County Governor Stephen Sang has been given 14 days to reply to a defamation suit filed against him and three MPs.
Presiding over the ruling on Thursday, Lady Justice Lucy Njuguna gave the Sang a compromising time frame to file his reply.
“By consent, the defendant’s application is compromised that he files his reply within 14,” the court ruled.
The Governor, through his lawyer Shadrack Wambui, said he has written to the DCI and Interpol Police seeking more information to back his claims.
“We have written a letter to Interpol and DCI seeking information. We are at a disadvantaged position since we have no information we want to rely on,” Mr. Wambui told the court.
Sang filed an application seeking more time (one month) to dig much dipper into Joho’s drug trafficking claims.
However, Joho through his lawyer Kevin Otieno, told the court that Mr. Sang had one month to respond to his suit but he failed, therefore calling upon the court to rule in his favour.
“It is a month down the line. They are seeking 30 days to procure information which does not make sense. They should be allowed seven days only, the application by respondent was to seek extension of time. They had enough time.” said Otieno.
Joho sued Sang and three Members of Parliament including Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu), Oscar Sudi (Kapseret) and Didmus Barasa (Kiminini) for defamation.
In his suit, Joho argues that the Governor and the law makers disparaged his reputation as he has never been arrested or indicted locally or internationally in relations to drugs.