Muranga Senator Kembi Gitura fights paternity suit

Muranga Senator Kembi Gitura has moved to court to fight a petition filed by a man claiming to be his son.

Mr Gitura, who is the Senate Deputy Speaker, claims that Roy Maina Kiarie's petition is scandalous, lacks merit, defective and an abuse of the court process since it does not disclose any reasonable cause for action.

“The petitioner’s grievances do not demonstrate in what manner I have violated his rights and freedoms. The orders he is seeking are incapable of being granted as they grossly contravene my own rights,” swears Mr Gitura.

The senator is embroiled in the paternity row with Mr Kiarie who filed the suit seeking a declaration that Mr Gitura is his biological father.

Mr Kiarie also wants a declaration that the senator’s refusal to acknowledge him as his son and the denial to allow him use his name and access his property is unconstitutional.

He claims that he was born out of a relationship between Mr Gitura and his mother Rachael Njeri Kiarie and grew up under the custody of her mother until she informed him that Mr Gitura is his biological father.