Lawyer embroiled in church row wants rival disqualified
What you need to know:
- Through Mr Steve Kabita Kabita, Ms Hamrick said Mr Waiganjo was a signatory to an account owned by the schools and was also a member of the management board.
- The church has sued an international charity — Partners in Child and Family Support — and chairperson Hamrick, accusing them of dispossessing it of its properties.
- Ms Hamrick disputes this, saying her charity helped the church to get money for its establishment, but not to own the properties.
An American lawyer embroiled in a church property ownership row has asked a Nakuru court to disqualify her rival’s lawyer.
Ms Diane Hamrick told the Lands and Environment Court that Mr Mwangi Waiganjo had an interest in the 10.5-acre plot she and the United Methodist Church are also laying claim to.
The land has schools, a children’s home, a church and a hospital.
Through Mr Steve Kabita Kabita, Ms Hamrick said Mr Waiganjo was a signatory to an account owned by the schools and was also a member of the management board.
However, Mr Waiganjo dismissed the claim of conflict of interest, arguing that he only acted as a board member of the schools some time ago.
The court directed Mr Kabita to file a formal application objecting Mr Waiganjo’s representation within seven days.
The church has sued an international charity — Partners in Child and Family Support — and chairperson Hamrick, accusing them of dispossessing it of its properties.
The church has maintained that it owns the land at Lanet, where the schools, orphanage, hospital and church stand.
It also says it has other plots in Ngata.
It says it bought the properties between 2006 and 2009.
Ms Hamrick disputes this, saying her charity helped the church to get money for its establishment, but not to own the properties.
She said her organisation gave the church Sh2.5 million to buy land and set up the schools, hospital, orphanage and other projects.
The hearing continues on July 9.
