Eric Theuri SC

50th President of the Law Society of Kenya

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

Advocate Abshir finally released from state torture chambers and dumped in Marsabit. Currently at Sololo Police Station.A government that treats its citizens as second class citizens with no rights and treats them inhumanly has no moral authority to govern!!

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

Citizens should immediately effect citizens arrest of Siyad Mohamed said to be a NIS officer with a silver tooth heavily implicated in the abduction of advocate Abshir in the video footage of his abduction and present him to the nearest police station #FreeWakiliAbshir

[Attalo Alvin @attalo_alvin]

@LarryMadowo @MigunaMiguna @edwinsifuna @MarthaKarua @lawsocietykenya @ckanjama @WMutunga @taliisraeltali @LegisLady @wanjirunjira @waikwawanyoike @joshuamalidzo @citizentvkenya @ntvkenya @BBCAfrica @KTNNewsKE @ahmednasirlaw

We are locking down CBD!

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

It can never be business as usual!!! End Abductions now!!!#FreeWakiliAbshir

[Eric Kivuva @Ekivuva]

We will not relent!

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

All citizens should occupy Jogoo House and send a strong message against government abductions. We are only SAFE when police are not law unto themselves.

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

A government that got into power on the promise to uplift mama mboga shouldn’t violate the contract it signed with them in such a manner. Government should not be led with ego & petty political grandstanding. Markets are the reserve of county governments and not personal property. This is misuse of police & fraud on ordinary citizens entitled to enjoy the benefits of paying taxes

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Masinde Muliro Market Standoff:

GSU officers deployed to the disputed market

Ruto-Natembeya standoff leaves traders in limbo

Locked-out traders count losses as market row deepens

#CitizenExplainer

[Babu Owino @HEBabuOwino]

Today, we attended a Habeas Corpus application seeking the production of Advocate Abshir Abdi, who was abducted nine days ago.

The court has directed that the matter proceeds for hearing tomorrow at 2:00 PM, when the applicant will present a witness.

The Government must put an end to abductions and uphold the rule of law. Every Kenyan has the right to due process. Anyone arrested must be informed of the reasons for their arrest and promptly presented before a court of law.

No one is above the law, including those entrusted with enforcing it.

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

Critically important that the EAST AFRICAN LAW SOCIETY this evening issued a hard hitting statement condemning the reckless and unconstitutional attack on the Supreme Court of Somalia by Somalia's former President @HassanSMohamud. The SOCIETY's statement highlights the egregious transgressions by Somalia's former President and his vile attempt to wreck havoc on Somalia's constitutional architecture, the judgment of the Supreme Court notwithstanding. As the umbrella body of all Law Societies in Eastern Africa, the statement of the society highlights the danger posed by Somalia's former President to regional stability and his reckless attempt in undermining the democratic values and national ethos of the region. @AbdirizakOm @NasraBashiir

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

The issue of under age access to alcohol & cigarettes through online platforms has been crying out for attention for quite a long while

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

The High Court has issued conservatory orders setting tough conditions for sale of alcoholic beverages through e-commerce applications & other digital market places in Nairobi.

One condition is that alcoholic drinks must be offered/sold through a separately designated & access restricted digital alcoholix drinks section.

Another condition is that the buyer's age must be reliably verified before completion of the transaction.

[Joshua Malidzo Nyawa @joshuamalidzo]

#hotoffthebench
Justice Muteti
'Due to our dark history, the courts must defensively protect the right to liberty'
'The Constitution is not idle'
'In whose hands are we safe? The Constitution expects us to be safe under the State'

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

"It is very clear that the CCTV cameras showed the unit responsible for the abduction of the Kenyan lawyer. Times have changed; you cannot abduct people and expect to get away with it!" – Senate Minority Leader Stewart Madzayo lectures the government he supports.

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

"How can a lawyer be abducted and nobody held responsible? It will get to a point where even an MP will be abducted!" – Senator Okong'o Omogeni.

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

Mr. Ya.. 😂😂😂😂

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Mr. Ya…: President Ruto bites his tongue when referring to Jubilee Party leader Fred Matiang’i in Kisii

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

I think H.E @WILLIAMSRUTO should read the riot act to the security chiefs still holding Lawyer ABSHIR ABDI. How can security organs snatch him from the street and hold him this long? Some of us rightly defend the record of this government and we proudly stand tall for the vision and ideas that drive it...AND WE WILL CONTINUE doing so. But somethings are PLAINLY STUPID FOR GOVERNMENT...When you have someone snatching a young lawyer from Mandera and holding him despite the orders from court that he released, what can you say? Let us assume ABSHIR was planning to overthrow the government of President Moi and install himself as President of Kenya. Thankfully, the treason failed. His attempt to take power has failed and no blood was shed. He was subsequently arrested for treason and planning to overthrow the legitimate government of Kenya...SO WHAT? Hundreds of Kenyans were tried for treason in the 1980s...it is a serious offence...but as a constitutional democracy we try serious offences in our courts. We are not a banana republic that snatches people from the streets and hold them in holes underground. Mr...President please order the idiots holding ABSHIR ADVOCATE to take him to court or release him immediately.

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

Can our government partners intervene and get the salaries paid. If we can afford to bring in European teams for a practice match we surely can pay the salaries. After all charity begins at HOME

[Eric Njiru ⚽️ @EricNjiiru]

Unpaid Benni McCarthy says FIFA and CAF will eventually intervene if Kenya doesn't pay his and the Harambee Stars' technical bench salaries.

McCarthy told Sporty TV that players received their allowances after a go-slow in September, but the coaching unit has yet to receive a single cent.

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

Urgent need for progressive Law Societies in East Africa to condem the illegal power grab by Somalia's former President @HassanSMohamud who is refusing to leave Villa Somalia despite the judgment of the SupremeCourt. East Africa can't afford to have a weakling milquetoast masquerading as Head of State when he has no constitutional basis or legitimacy. @IsaacSsemakadde @ug_lawsociety @LawSocietyofKe @AbdirizakOm @ckanjama @ealawsociety

[Eric Theuri SC @etadv]

But the Court is yet to read the make a determination whether facts or evidence have failed. Well done highlights can actually be very persuasive. And oftentimes it can assist the Court clarify any questions. I would agree that well written submissions should suffice but in certain circumstances highlighting actually aids the course of justice especially where trial is solely based on affidavit evidence.

[Jaindi Kisero @jaindikisero]

Jaindi Kisero
I have come across a letter from the National Treasury directing the state department of roads to immediately cancel all project-related commitments; including contracts procurement processes; consulting arrangements; and any other obligations on the multi billion Japanese funded Likoni Bridge project.
This development is a statement of the increasing political influence of Chinese contractors and the strong links with incumbent elites.
It is a big anti climax. First, the project has been running since 2019. Secondly- designs were done and consultants are already in place. The first tranche of the loan was disbursed. Advance payments flowed to consultants. A procurement competition was run to its conclusion. A winner emerged. And then — nothing. For nearly two years.
I am inclined to agree with a cynical opinion of an insider who has been following the shenanigans around the Likoni Bridge project for a long time who says ‘when they are unable to get a good cut or backhander on a project, they turn to the Chinese”.
For sometime now and to set the stage for cancellation of the deal with the Japanese; a new narrative was floated within government circles: that the project is too expensive and the financing model should be rethought. That Kenya could instead mobilise domestic resources—pension funds and institutional investors—through an infrastructure fund model. That a securitisation structure, possibly involving a Chinese contractor, could deliver the same project more cheaply.
Each argument is very controversial. Pension fund money carries market return expectations — a far higher cost of capital than 0.1 percent interest, the 12-year grace period, a 30-year repayment window, and an outright grant element worth Sh 6 billion which the Japanese had committed.
Yes, a securitisation transaction with a Chinese contractor may be an option. But it embeds financing costs inside the construction price, making it opaque and almost always more expensive in aggregate. Do we really want to hand back the Sh 6 billion grant element on the Japanese loan?

Then there is the diplomatic cost, which is being ignored. Whem the Jpanase foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Toshimitsu Mogei visited Kewnya in May,the Likoni brifdge wasa top agenda item. Japan helped author the Mombasa master plan. Japan is funding the ongoing rehabilitation of Mombasa Port. Japan designed the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone as the flagship of Kenya's entire SEZ programme — the first domino in a sequence intended to include Naivasha and Kisumu.
Cancel this credit, pivot to a Chinese deal, and we must look Tokyo in the eye and explain ourselves. We must be prepared for the consequences at the port, at Dongo Kundu, and in every future ODA conversation with an ally cultivated over decades — all to spare someone the inconvenience of a transparent procurement outcome they did not control.
Grand corruption does not always arrive with a smoking gun. Sometimes it arrives as a memo recommending delay. Sometimes it wears the language of fiscal prudence and alternative financing mechanisms. Sometimes it sits in a procurement committee and does absolutely nothing.