Court orders have been disobeyed with impunity by powerful individuals.
The application by Bunge la Mwananchi president Henry Namiti Shitanda, who wants the court to commit Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti and Inspector General of Police (IG) Joseph Boinett to civil jail for allegedly continuing to post mug shots of suspects on social media despite court orders may finally turn out to be an exercise in futility.
Apart from the two other powerful individuals including CS Fred Matiangi, the head of State Uhuru Kenyatta and a number of ministers have ignored court orders in the past.
“That the application seeks to institute contempt proceedings in this petition against Inspector General of Police and Director of Criminal Investigations for breach of the court order issued on 7th of December last year, ”read part of the application.
Shitanda claimed that despite the orders being served upon the respondents and despite written cautions by the petitioners advocates, the respondents have continued to disobey the court order.
“Joseph Boinett and George Kinoti are committed to civil jail for a term of six months for contempt of court for deliberate breach of the court orders issued by this court on the December 7 2018,”the application read.
“The acts of the defendants directly and through their agents and employees have displayed outright arrogance of the court orders made by the court and this warrants urgent citing them for committal to civil jail,” he said.
Shitanda in his application said that the DCI has continued to disobey court orders by posting bookings photographs on their twitter accounts and Facebook page.
He claimed that on the December 19, a letter was written to the respondents to ensure that they comply with the orders but the same was not done.