Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has spoken out after the Supreme Court barred him and associates of his law firm from making submissions before the court.
The lawyer in a statement on his X official platform termed the ban against him and his law firm, at large, as “a badge of honour.”
Ahmednasir claimed this was the second time in his career that the courts had refused him an audience for speaking his mind
"Second time in my 30 years of law career that the courts refused me audience for calling for the removal of some judges from the courts," he claimed.
According to Senior Counsel Ahmednasir, the first time the courts refused him to an audience was in 2000 when he was ejected from court and told not to come back.
"This was because I presented a paper in the Law Society of Kenya annual conference calling for the reconstitution of the High Court and the Court of Appeal afresh," he said.
The Supreme Court on Thursday in a letter drafted by Registrar Letizia Wachira barred Ahmednasir and employees of his law firm from filing cases before it over what it termed as incessant attacks.
The Registrar noted that it defeats the purpose for the Senior Counsel to appear before the very institution and individuals that he constantly berates in his media engagements.
"In view of the foregoing, it is the decision of this Court, that henceforth and from the date of this communication, you shall have no audience before the Court, either by yourself, through an employee of your law firm, or any other person holding brief for you," the statement read in part.
“Much as this decision is bound to affect those who may have instructed you to represent them before the Court, it is untenable that you would seek justice in the very institution and before the very Judges, whose reputation and integrity you never tire in assaulting.”
The court accused the lawyer of conducting a campaign in the broadcast, print and social media accusing it and its judges of corruption, incompetence and outright bribery.
"This, you have done with reckless abandon, paying scant regard to the reputations of those who tirelessly serve on the Court in accordance with their Oath of Office," the court said.
It cited its ruling in the case of Republic v Ahmad Abdolfadhi Mohammed and Anor, SC Petition No. 39 of 2018, which Ahmednasir criticised the court over its verdict.
"You were cautioned that such conduct would in the future, not go unpunished. The caution as recorded in the ruling above, appears not to have had any sobering effect upon you," the court said.
