The High Court in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday extended orders barring a private club from denying a lawyer entry, according to thestatdard.com. Justice Chacha Mwita directed Muthaiga Country Club to allow lawyer Donald Kipkorir to visit the facility until the case is heard and determined.
This comes as Muthaiga Country Club’s management told the court that it denied Kipkorir entry following a negative comment on social media about a chef at the club.
Senior lawyer Jonathan Stewart Philip Coulson, the club chair, said that Kipkorir was aware why he was not welcome to the club. However, he should have disclosed this to the court.
“The decision to deny the petitioner access to the club was communicated to the members who invited him and the petitioner’s lawyer. By an email dated December 15, 2022, Mr Kitili Mwendwa was informed that the petitioner was not allowed to the club. By an email dated December 14, 2023, the petitioner’s lawyer was informed of the decision,” said Coulson in his reply filed by senior lawyer Kiragu Kimani.
According to Coulson, Julie Scott, a member, had invited Kipkorir to attend on August 9, 2024. However, he said, the club notified her at 10:45 a.m. that he was not welcome as a guest.
ABOUT MUTHAIGA COUNTRY CLUB
Located in the suburb of Muthaiga, about 15 minutes’ drive from the city centre, Muthaiga Country Club opened in Narobi, Kenya, on New Year’s Eve in 1913, and became a gathering place for the colonial British settlers in British East Africa, which became the Colony of Kenya in 1920. It is not just its history that makes Muthaiga Country Club so special. Today, some of its finest moments are contemporary: its comfortable en suite bedrooms with their modern amenities, its first-class sports facilities and extended library with its 20,000 books. Then of course, there is the food, of which the Club is justifiably proud – fresh roasts and daily à la carte are overseen by an army of classically trained chefs.
