THE High Court in Mombasa has declined to consolidate two cases challenging Governor Hassan Joho's academic eligibility for the job. Mombasa Deputy Governor Hazel Katana had on March 18 requested that cases filed by petitioner Silas Otuke in Mombasa and politician Janet Mbete in Nairobi be consolidated. Declining the application, Justice Edward Muriithi said consolidating the two would violate Otuke's right to a fair hearing of his case. “Accordingly, in the interests of expeditious disposal of the petition herein, the court declines the application for the matter to be transferred to the...
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