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Magistrate dismisses call to quit Kibor's divorce case

Politician and farmer Jackson Kibor, who is seeking to divorce his second wife, Josephine Jepkoech. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The lawyer had alleged in the application that the magistrate was biased against his client.
  • Politician filed for divorce accusing his wife of desertion, cruelty and interfering with his ownership of an 800-acres land.

A magistrate has declined to disqualify himself from a divorce case involving prominent Rift Valley politician cum farmer Jackson Kibor.

Eldoret Senior Principal Magistrate Charles Obulutsa dismissed the application by Ms Josephine Jepkoech stating that the defendant has not given sufficient reason to warrant the court to disqualify from hearing the case.