PLO Lumumba Writes To CJ Koome Over Ahmednassir’s Supreme Court Ban
On Tuesday, Senior Counsel PLO Lumumba wrote to Chief Justice Martha Koome over the Supreme Court’s suspension of Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi.
In a letter dated January 28, Lumumba begged CJ Koome to give Ahmednasir a chance to defend himself.
The season’s lawyer described the decision to bar Abdullahi and his firm’s attorneys from the Supreme Court as a harsh and unusual punishment.
“What should worry any Advocate regarding the manner in which Mr. Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC and Associates of his law firm have been dealt with is that he is subjected to extreme and unusual punishment, the effect of which is to deny him the right of practice of Law which is his source of livelihood,” part of the letter read.
“Your Ladyship, if Mr Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC has committed any offence known to law, he should be cited and allowed to defend himself.”
Madam President @FaithOdhiambo8, once you read this 10 pages professorial dictum by Prof PLO LUMUMBA you will have no choice/excuse but to set a date when members of @LawSocietyofKe can peacefully protest, peacefully occupy the Supreme Court and peacefully persuade the 7 judges… pic.twitter.com/ms2yB6FOne
— Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC (@ahmednasirlaw) January 29, 2025
He also encouraged Koome and other Supreme Court judges to reconsider their findings and overturn the decision against Ahmednassir and all other counsel working for his firm, Ahmednassir Abdullahi Counsel, LLP.
To finish his 10-page letter, Lumumba highlighted Lord Denning’s decision in R v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Ex parte Blackburn (No. 2) [1968] 2 QB 150.
“Let me say at once that we will never use this jurisdiction [of contempt] as a means to uphold our own dignity. That must rest on surer foundations. Nor will we use it to suppress those who speak against us,” read the excerpt.
“We do not fear criticism, nor do we resent it. For there is something far more important at stake. It is no less than freedom of speech itself. It is the right of every man, in Parliament or out of it, in the press or over the broadcast, to make fair comment, even outspoken comment, on matters of public interest.”
In his letter, Lumumba made it clear that he was acting on his own behalf as a High Court of Kenya counsel and that the subject, Ahmednassir, had not given approval.
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The letter came after a January 18, 2024 ruling that banned Ahmednassir and his attorneys from appearing before the Supreme Court.
Only a week ago, on January 22, an advocate linked with the law company was denied an audience at the Supreme Court, generating further outrage among Kenyans.
During the ruling, Ahmednassir was accused of running a relentless and unapologetic campaign in the broadcast, print, and social media to scandalize, ridicule, and downright denigrate the Supreme Court.
On January 28, 13 advocates from his law company supported former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi’s plea to remove all seven Supreme Court judges by submitting their own court case.
PLO Lumumba Writes To CJ Koome Over Ahmednassir’s Supreme Court Ban
