<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>This will be a groundbreaking case and every Kenyan who uses social media should watch this keenly. I see people throwing these kinds of comments often on blogs and various fora. Now that you can be sued for it, I think people will be more thoughtful when commenting on issues. All in all, I think Muite and friends are moving to curtail some of the freedoms that we take for granted on the internet :)<br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> sochanji@yahoo.com<br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 14, 2011 8:53 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology<br></font><br>
Dear all,<br>the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand<br>is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch.<br>Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of<br>expression.<br>See below.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ngunjiri <<a ymailto="mailto:ngunjiri@kikuyusforchange.com" href="mailto:ngunjiri@kikuyusforchange.com">ngunjiri@kikuyusforchange.com</a>><br>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300<br>Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology<br>To: KC4 <<a ymailto="mailto:kikuyusforchange@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:kikuyusforchange@googlegroups.com">kikuyusforchange@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br>This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful<br>about what we write on our blogs.<br>---<br>Ngunjiri<br><br>[image: Issa & Co Advocates]<br><br><br><br><br><br>Our Ref:
M/058/001/L****<br><br> ****<br><br>Tuesday, October 4, 2011****<br><br> ****<br><br>Moses Kuria****<br><br>P. O. Box 1838-00200<br><br>‘*Advance copy by email*’****<br><br>*NAIROBI*****<br><br> ****<br><br>Dear Sir,****<br><br> ****<br><br>*RE: DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION *****<br> ------------------------------<br><br>We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndung’u<br>Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.****<br><br> ****<br><br>Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the<br>following words of and concerning our clients.****<br><br> ****<br><br>*‘I have said Ocampo has no case. All he has are fake witnesses coached by<br>Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and<br>Maina Kiai.’*****<br><br> ****<br><br>Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional<br>respective standings, characters
and reputations have been severely<br>tarnished by your publication.****<br><br> ****<br><br>Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of<br>liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words. This we<br>hereby do. We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients<br>upon receipt of your apology and admission.****<br><br> ****<br><br>*NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog<br>within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall<br>proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. ****<br><br><br>****<br><br>Yours faithfully,****<br><br>*ISSA & COMPANY ADVOCATES*****<br><br> ****<br><br> ****<br><br>*MANSUR M. ISSA*****<br><br> ****<br><br>cc. Clients****<br><br> ****<br><br><br>*Issa & Co Advocates* <<a ymailto="mailto:info@issadvocates.co.ke"
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