Supreme court judge Issac Lenaola. [Photo/The Standard]Supreme court judge, Issac Lenaola has sued Standard media Group over 'Damming petition link of Lenaola and Mwilu to NASA lawyers'article that was published recently.
The judge is suing the media group for defamation, falsehood, and harassment.
The petition filed by Derrick Malika sought the judge removed from office. He alleged that the judge was in contact with the NASA lawyers prior to the judgment that saw President Uhuru Kenyatta election nullified.
In the case, justice Lenaola has accused the media station published the words without caring falsity or truth of the petition filed.
Lenaola said that the media station should apologize to him which should be carried in publication.
He has also said that the Standard published the said petition before he (Lenaola) had been served thus it was not public knowledge.
Mr. Lenaola has said that the newspaper’s lack of verifying the truthfulness of the Derrick petition has injured his reputation.Lenaola will also file suit and seek compensatory and punitive damages.
He says that he will ask the court to assess the damages to equal his estimated earnings for the remainder of his tenure which is about 20 years.