This archive report was first published on 7 November 2019.
November 7, 2019, marked a setback for Bestlady Cosmetics as a Sh100 million land case against the Kanu political party and a Nairobi-based lawyer was delayed due to the absence of a trial judge.
The case, which was scheduled to be heard at the High Court in Nyeri, was supposed to kick off after Justice Jairus Ngaah dismissed two applications by the trader and the lawyer, Titus Koceyo, seeking to have each other's submissions struck out.
However, Justice Ngaah was away on official duties outside the station, prompting a notice to be posted at the court directing the litigants to seek fresh dates at the registry as the judge would be away up to November 15.
Bestlady Cosmetics managing director Peter Njoroge Karanja sued Kanu and Mr Koceyo (trading as Koceyo & Company Advocates) in August last year, seeking damages for breach of contract against Kanu and damages for negligence and breach of trust against Mr Koceyo.
