(NDIMA/IFEX) – On 13 October 1998, a case in which the managing director of Star Publishers Ltd and its editor-in-chief were charged with publishing an alarming publication was dismissed by a court in Nairobi. The withdrawal followed instructions by the Attorney-General. The prosecutor, Inspector Eutychus Mwangi, told magistrate M. W. Mwai that the prosecution wished […]
(NDIMA/IFEX) – On 13 October 1998, a case in which the managing director of
Star Publishers Ltd and its editor-in-chief were charged with publishing an
alarming publication was dismissed by a court in Nairobi. The withdrawal
followed instructions by the Attorney-General. The prosecutor, Inspector
Eutychus Mwangi, told magistrate M. W. Mwai that the prosecution wished to
withdraw the matter to facilitate investigations.
**Updates IFEX alert of 30 June 1998**
Managing director Francis Mathenge Wanderi and editor Magayu Kiarie Magayu
had earlier denied committing the offence.
The court heard that at Cannon House in Nairobi, Wanderi and Magayu
published issue no. 64 of the “Star” bi-weekly newspaper, dated Friday, 10
July to Monday, 13 July, with an article entitled “The shoddy deals
grounding AT&H”. The prosecution alleged that the article was likely to
cause fear.
