- Korir and Evelyn Koech’s marriage is said to have cooled off a few years back, but things took a turn for the worst when claims of assault arose in 2018.
- Koech who has since testified in the case gave an account of how she was beaten up three days before giving birth.
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A Magistrate will rule on whether Permanent Secretary for Cabinet affairs Julius Korir has a case to answer in a case he is charged with assaulting his estranged wife.
Korir and Evelyn Koech’s marriage is said to have cooled off a few years back, but things took a turn for the worst when claims of assault arose in 2018.
Koech who has since testified in the case gave an account of how she was beaten up three days before giving birth.
She told the court Korir assaulted her in front of the workers and their elder child at home.
Korir narrated to the court how she was stripped naked and beaten up by her former husband three days before giving birth.
Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Caroline Muthoni heard that on September 17, 2020, PS Korir arrived at their matrimonial home in Karen and descended on his wife with blows and kicks when she was heavily pregnant with her second child.
“On that fateful day, I was putting our child to bed when my husband walked into the children’s bedroom and shouted 'leo utaniona iko wapi chakula?' And before I answered he started slapping me. I was trying to protect the baby from the slaps," Koech told the court.
Court to hear case in which voter wants Sonko's impeachment reviewed
Sepereraly, the High Court is expected to hear a case in which a voter from Dagoretti wants a judgement delivered by the High Court upholding Sonko's impeachment reviewed.
Engineer Daniel Ogwoka Ochweri says since suspended Judge Said Chitembwe presided over the three-judge bench that okayed Sonko’s impeachment, that decision should be set aside.
A 12-member tribunal appointed by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in May last year found that Chitembwe showed a lack of professionalism and his conduct was unbecoming of a Judge.
The tribunal chaired by Court of Appeal Judge Mumbi Ngugi found that six allegations levelled against Chitembwe were proven.
Among them were advising litigants to withdraw a case that was pending in court and advising Sonko to challenge his ouster.
He advised Sonko on areas that will help him in an appeal challenging his removal as the county chief.
The tribunal in its decision unanimously found the allegations levelled against Chitembwe breached the constitution and the Judicial Service code of conduct regulations and amounted to gross misconduct.
The tribunal found his conduct in the Sonko case amounted to lack of impartiality, lack of integrity, lack of professionalism and non-disclosure of conflict of interest.
Ochweri in his court documents says from the finding of the tribunal, it is clear that Sonko was not given a fair hearing.
“As a result, I am apprehensive that Nairobi voters were robbed of an opportunity of enjoying their full rights of having their elected Governor serve his full term and having a leader of their choice,” he said.
Meanwhile, the DPP has suffered a setback as High Court declined to review the ruling which struck out bank account documents as evidence in one of the fraud cases facing former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.
The cases before the Magistrates courts have been proceeding in camera.