A Nairobi court has dismissed a child support case filed against Chief Justice David Maraga.
The case was struck out on Wednesday after the applicant, Mary Kwamboka Onyancha failed to appear in court or send an attorney to represent her.
Children’s Court Magistrate GM Gitonga further ruled that the application was not properly filed as the applicant failed to pay the requisite fee of Sh655.
Kwamboka accused CJ Maraga of running away from parental responsibilities and wanted the court to compel him to support a six-year-old child they allegedly got together in 2014 after an intimate relationship.
She was demanding a monthly child upkeep of Sh160,000 including Sh20,000 for food, clothing (Sh5,000), house rent (Sh45,000), school fees per term (Sh41,600), medical cover (Sh20,000), house help (Sh10,000) and Sh20,000 for entertainment.
Kwamboka caused drama outside Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi last month by shouting that CJ Maraga had fathered her child and was not providing for her.
But Maraga through his lawyers Danstan Omari, Samson Nyaberi and Anita Masaki accused the woman of forging the child’s birth certificate to tarnish his name.
“That birth certificate is generated, it is not a document to be relied on,” Omari said.
“If this is aimed at assassinating the character of the Chief Justice, it is our position we shall be calling on the DPP and all relevant arms of government to get to the root course of this fraud,’’ he added.
DNA test
DNA test
Ni muhimu kumsaidia huyu…
Ni muhimu kumsaidia huyu Dada yetu kwa kutilia mkazo utafiti wa “DNA” ufanywe ili kuhakikisha ya kwamba anasema mambo ya kweli.
Kama akipatikana alikuwa akifanya masihara (joking) itabidi ahukumiwe vikali sana ili binti mwingine asijaribu kutumia uongo ili kujipatia maisha bora hapa duniani.
@ imara daima, i agree DNA…
@ imara daima, i agree DNA is the way to go but with rampant corruption even in law courts and the accused being up higher in rank,the results may be tampered. Its who you know.
Why kick so much dust and…
Why kick so much dust and then fail to show up in court to prove your claim!
That was swift justice. We…
That was swift justice. We are used to cases being postponed for all types of excuses, but this was efficiently concluded. Does any one has information on the Judge’s directive on the baby?
The learned judge errored by…
The learned judge errored by not directing that the complainant be produced in court together with the child to take a mandatory DNA. Who knows…she might have been held hostage somewhere. Again why bring up a case which was acording to the atornies not properly filed……filling fee not paid. That rat smells bad.