Danstan Omari

Law Society of Kenya has asked its members to appear at the DCI headquarters in solidarity with their member Danstan Omari as he appears for grilling ...

"Lawyers in Kenya have been intimidated in the recent past by external forces that attempt to limit the right to representation and expression. This has to come to an end. 80 the DCI should respect Advocate-Client privilege," the statement read. As per Section 134 of the Evidence Act, CAP. We are outraged and apprehensive about the environment in which Kenyan lawyers have to practise. "We received information regarding a notice issued by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, dated February 23, served upon Advocate Danstan Omari.

The judge certified the matter as urgent and issued a stay of the summons issued by the DCI.

Justice Ngaah has directed him to file the substantive motion within seven days and serve it to the respondents. •Justice Ngaah has directed him to file the substantive motion within seven days and serve it to the respondents. Justice Jairus Ngaah certified the matter as urgent and issued a stay of the summons issued by the DCI and further granted him leave to file a substantive application.

Justice Jairus Ngaah issued the orders pending the hearing and determination of the case after Omari filed an application challenging the decision by the ...

“The substantive motion shall be filed and served within seven days of the date of this ruling. “The DCI should distinguish between the roles of a lawyer and offences that are committed by a client. The response to the motion shall be filed and served with seven days of the date of service of the applicant’s application,” said Justice Ngaah

The High Court has barred police from summoning lawyer Danstan Omari to probe him over an alleged police raid at the former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred ...

It is so ordered,” the Judge stated. The judge further certified the lawsuit filed by Omari as urgent and permitted him to file a substantive petition seeking to bar the Inspector General of Police, Directorate of Criminal Investigations, and the Director of Public Prosecutions from compelling him to give information in connection to the invasion and raid of the Karen residence of Matiang’i with seven days. “The leave granted herein shall operate as a stay of enforcement of the undated Notice to Compel Attendance under Section 52(1) of the National Police Service Act, No.11A of 2011, compelling Omari to appear before the DCI on February 22, 2023, to give information in connection to the invasion and raid of the residence of the Matiang’i,” Justice Ngaah ordered.

Danstan Omari had moved to court asking orders to quash the summons by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations . Justice Jairus Ngaah suspended the ...

"We received information regarding a notice issued by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, dated February 23, served upon Advocate Danstan Omari. Leave granted shall operate as stay in terms of prayer 5 of the summons. "Leave is granted in terms of prayers 2, 3 and 4 of the summons. [Kenya](https://kiswahili.tuko.co.ke/tags/siasa-za-kenya/) Nairobi chapter [ issued a terse statement ](https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/495520-lsk-calls-dci-summoning-danstan-omari-matiangis-home-raid-outraged/)condemning the summoning of Omari by the DCI over an alleged police raid in former Interior CS's house. The lawyer had moved to the court under the certificate of urgency, asking the High Court to quash the summon by the DCI. - Lawyer Danstan Omari had moved to court to contest the summons by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)