Maathai v Kenya Times Media Trust Ltd [1989] KEHC 2 (KLR)
Withdrawn or dismissed- Court
- High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Justice N. Dugdale)
- Case number
- Civil Case No. 5403 of 1989
- Filed
- Nov 1989
- Parties
- Plaintiff/applicant: Professor Wangari Maathai (co-ordinator, Green Belt Movement). Defendant: Kenya Times Media Trust Ltd.
What was claimed
Sought a temporary injunction to stop construction of the proposed Kenya Times complex in Uhuru Park, Nairobi, pending determination of the suit.
What the court decided
On 11 December 1989 the court upheld the defendant's preliminary objection, finding the plaint disclosed no reasonable cause of action and that the plaintiff lacked locus standi; the plaint was struck out and the injunction application dismissed, with costs.1 2 3