Court rules on COVID-19
Court-rules-that-lawyers-are-essential-workers-during-covid-19-lockdown/ Kenyan High Court rules that lawyers are essential workers during COVID-19 lockdown Featured NewsiNews By Seun DUROJAIYE On Apr 17, 2020 Kenya Supreme Court sitting (For Illustrative purpose only) Photo: Aljazeera A KENYAN High Court in Nairobi, the country’s capital, has ruled that lawyers in the country be exempted from the curfew order imposed by the government to curtail the spread of COVID-19. In a petition raised by the Law Society of Kenya and supported by Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Kenya), Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) and Party Legal Advice Centre, it requested that the justice system and legal representation be listed as essential services providers. It argued that in enforcing the lockdown, the Police tasked with the duty has made several arrests of which the persons need representation and the COVID-1...