[kictanet] Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology

Sat Oct 15 07:16:10 EAT 2011

This is going t be interesting.
I won't comment lest I bee in contempt of court.

On 15/10/2011, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand
> is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch.
> Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of
> expression.
> See below.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ngunjiri <ngunjiri at kikuyusforchange.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300
> Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For
> Apology
> To: KC4 <kikuyusforchange at googlegroups.com>
>
> This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful
> about what we write on our blogs.
> ---
> Ngunjiri
>
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> Our Ref:          M/058/001/L****
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> Tuesday, October 4, 2011****
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> Moses Kuria****
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> P. O. Box 1838-00200
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> ‘*Advance copy by email*’****
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> *NAIROBI*****
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> Dear Sir,****
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> *RE:     DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION *****
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> We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite,
> Ndung’u
> Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.****
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> Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the
> following words of and concerning our clients.****
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> *‘I have said Ocampo has no case.  All he has are fake witnesses coached by
> Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and
> Maina Kiai.’*****
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>  ****
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> Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional
> respective standings, characters and reputations have been severely
> tarnished by your publication.****
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> Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of
> liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words.  This we
> hereby do.  We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients
> upon receipt of your apology and admission.****
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> *NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog
> within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall
> proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. ****
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