Gichuki & 4 others v Waigwa [2022] KEHC12253 (KLR) (Civ) (5 August 2022) (Ruling)

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Gichuki & 4 others v Waigwa [2022] KEHC12253 (KLR) (Civ) (5 August 2022) (Ruling)

Country: Kenya
Court:
Sources: Social Media
Tags: Data Protection,Social Media,High Court, Nairobi

On July 27, 2022, the defendant tweeted innuendos and tweets accusing the plaintiffs of sexual harassment. This prompted several Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) to maliciously attack their law firm and directly discredit the plaintiffs' characters, alleging that some of the plaintiffs sexually harassed employees, among other things. On July 28, 2022, the plaintiffs filed a motion seeking, among other things, an injunction to prevent the defendant, his followers on Twitter and any other social media platform, or agents from publishing and or causing to be published, tweeted, retweeted, posted, or reposted all articles referring to the plaintiffs and the law firm Wamae & Allen Advocates, in particular. The tweets related to the complaint filed against him with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) and the pending complaint with the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal for professional misconduct were presented in court as evidence. The defendant was ordered by the court to remove all innuendos and tweets alleging sexual harassment by the plaintiffs that were posted on July 27, 2022, and all subsequent dates.

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