CJ Koome Warns Police Against Ignoring Court Orders In Nakuru War Memorial Hospital Saga
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) now wants the police to obey court orders and enforce directions already issued on the ongoing ownership wrangles over the Nakuru War Memorial Hospital.
JSC Chairperson and Chief Justice Martha Koome, in a statement released on Friday, said the commission is disturbed by the failure of the police to restore order and assure security.
She stated that the commission is alarmed by the frequent cases of disregard for the rule of law and the deployment of force and intimidation to interfere with the execution or observance of court orders.
The row over the ownership of 25 acres of land the hospital sits on pits the county government of Nakuru and the private owners of the hospital, with the county accusing the owners of forging papers to get a 99-year lease on the property some two years back.
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The dispute has resulted in six court orders being issued since October last year and none of them have been enforced.
The JSC says law enforcement officers have failed to ensure that these orders are obeyed.
CJ Koome also pointed out what she termed as “Ongoing threats, violent interference, and failure by the police to restore order and assure security.”
These, the CJ said, have led to two judges recusing themselves from handling the matter, a situation that she says lowers the dignity of the court, affects the administration of justice, and is a threat to the rule of law.
The defiance of the court orders that would have seen staff at the hospital resume work now means that the hospital cannot operate, denying thousands of patients from the country and beyond critical medical care.
CJ Koome Warns Police Against Ignoring Court Orders In Nakuru War Memorial Hospital Saga