Vocal Nairobi County Official Skips Court Hearing, Sentence Ruled
Geoffrey Mosiria, Nairobi County Chief Officer for Environment, failed to appear in court today, November 4, to be punished for contempt.
The outspoken county official skipped the court, instead sending his lawyers, who claimed that he had been ill after discovering that he would face a jail sentence.
During the hearing, his lawyers contested the contempt of court decision, in which Mosiria was accused of violating a conservatory order imposed on March 5.
The CO is also accused of preventing the county and its committees from approving or processing any development applications in the Parklands region until a thorough physical and land use plan is completed.
The lawyers stated that the signatures affixed to the petition documents purporting to be Mosiria’s were forged, and thus requested that the bench allow them to dispute the conviction.
The bench, Justice Oscar Amugo Angote, Justice Anne Abongo Omollo, and Justice Charles Gitonga Mbogo, agreed to the plea but refused to designate it as urgent, rescheduling the next hearing for February 2, 2026.
“We will afford your client a hearing on the application, but it will not be treated as urgent because we have other matters in between,” the court directed.
The challenged court ruling had banned any projects in Parklands until a proper land use and physical planning framework was established.
The petitioners and the Parklands Residents Association accused Nairobi County officials of violating the conservatory order by allowing excavation and tree removal to continue on Jalaram Road.
As a result, the DCI has initiated an inquiry into the forgery claims related to the same Parklands land matter.
Hussein Mahat, the Kilimani SCCIO, wrote to the Deputy Registrar of the Environment and Land Court in Milimani on November 4 requesting certified copies of all documents filed in the case, including the petitioners’ affidavit and supporting documentation.
The DCI is investigating a forgery case reported at Kilimani Police Station that violates Section 349 of the Penal Code.
Mosiria’s lawyers, speaking after the court ruling, stated that their client reported the forgery to the same police station after learning that he had been held in contempt.
They also revealed that they had hired their own forensic investigator, who determined that the alleged signature that led to Mosiria’s conviction did not belong to him.
They insisted that as a public servant, Mosiria adhered to all laws and could not have defied a court order.
Vocal Nairobi County Official Skips Court Hearing, Sentence Ruled
