Justice Faith Mwondah sues Daily Monitor for defamation

Former Inspector General of Government and currently a high court judge Faith Mwondha has dragged the Monitor Publications Ltd, the editor of Sunday Monitor and Emmanuel Gyezaho accusing them of defaming her.

Mwondha says she is aggrieved by the two defaming articles published in the Sunday Monitor newspaper in August 2007, indicating that she was fraudulently receiving two salaries, one as IGG and another as a judge.

She says that the said articles showed that government had commission an investigation against her and a report had been made recommending that she should be sacked and prosecuted for offences of corruption and abuse of office.

Mwondha is seeking for general and aggravated damages and also an injunction restraining the respondents, their servants and agents from publishing such false and malicious statements against her.

She also wants court to order them pay costs of the suit.  Mwondha has filed the suit through Omunyokoo and Company advocates.

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