MP Wandayi wants Speaker Muturi jailed for contempt of court

MP Wandayi wants Speaker Muturi jailed for contempt of court

Ugunja Member of Parliament (MP) Opiyo James Wandayi now wants Speaker of National Assembly Justin Muturi committed to civil jail for disobeying court orders.

The legislator noted that the speaker has declined to allow him access parliament despite an order from the court directing him to do so.

In a petition filed by lawyer Anthony Oluoch,Wandayi argued that failure to obey an Order of the Court undermines the authority of this Court, and goes against the Constitutional tenet of the rule of law.

“My insistence on full compliance of the order failing which we shall be left with no option but to institute contempt proceedings against the 2nd Respondent, with risk to himself, including committal to civil jail for a period not exceeding six months, has not elicited any response. “he argued.

He further argued that orders issued by Judge George Odunga were served on Speaker of the National Assembly, on the June 5th 2016 at 1:20 pm adding that despite that, he has not been allowed access to the precincts of Parliament.

Early July, Justice George Odunga temporarily suspended National Assembly orders that expelled that barred Wandayi from accessing parliament until February 2017.

Judge George Odunga in his ruling said that the decision by the speaker denied the people of Ugunja to be represented in parliament.

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