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Lawyer accused of delaying child case

PHOTO | FILE A magistrate on Tuesday accused a lawyer of trying to scuttle a child custody case and disqualified herself from hearing it.

What you need to know:

  • Court extends order for woman’s custody of child
  • Acting Senior Resident Magistrate Judicaster Nthuku said she did not wish to have the case between a Kenyan and his former Zimbabwean wife delayed further.
  • The child’s mother, a resident of South Africa, flew into Kenya to demand custody of her son and maintenance from her former husband.

A magistrate on Tuesday accused a lawyer of trying to scuttle a child custody case and disqualified herself from hearing it.

Acting Senior Resident Magistrate Judicaster Nthuku said she did not wish to have the case between a Kenyan and his former Zimbabwean wife delayed further.