The High Court ruled to suspend the revocation of former president Uhuru’s son’s firearm license after an attempt by the Firearm Licensing Board to do so.
In Justice Jarius Ngaah’s ruling, the decision is pending the hearing and determination of a petition challenging the move to revoke his license.
The judge directed that the petition against the move be served upon the Chief Licensing Officer, the Firearm Licensing Board and the Attorney General.
Jomo, Uhuru’s son, challenged the decision by the Chief licensing officer to cancel his firearm licence. Consequently, he sued the Firearm licensing board for making a unilateral decision to remove his firearm certificate.
The petitioner, Jomo, through his lawyer, mentioned that there was no valid reason offered by the board to make the said decision. His lawyer, Fred Ngatia said that the firearm had not been used in any illegal activities to warrant the process of revoking his license. He further asked the court to overturn the decision made by the board and have Kenyatta’s firearm license returned.
The matter is set for a hearing on September 27, for a final ruling.
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Last week on Friday, during the planned three-day protests by Azimio Coalition, the police descended on Kenyatta’s residence and directed him to return his firearm and certificates for review by the board. The visit to Kenyatta’s residence comes after he was accused of allegedly funding the protests.
After the visit by the police, Uhuru Kenyatta talked to the media in regard to how the matter had been handled. He stated that he did not appreciate the raiding of his home and the visit to his family who were in the vicinity.
He further stated that he had no issue heeding a call from the head of state to have a conversation about the country.
In addition to that, the revocation of firearms comes after the Azimio Coalition threatened to file a case against police brutality at the ICC.
Furthermore, CS Kithure Kindiki issued a statement mentioning that there was sufficient evidence to arrest and prosecute the organisers of the protests.
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