(i) Marura Maternity and Nursing Home seeking to enjoin Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) and OBA RH as an interested party,
(ii) The Secretariat of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) seeking to be joined as friend of the court.
(iii) Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN) seeking to amend the petition.
Who: LAW (The 1st Petitioner), KELIN, African Gender and Media Initiative Trust (GEM) Vs Marura Maternity and Nursing Home, the Nairobi County Executive Committee Member in charge of Health Services, the Cabinet Secretary – Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya.
Why: Marura Maternity and Nursing Home has applied to have PWC and OBA-RH enjoined onto the case because they argue that Marura was only an independent contractor and that they were approached by the 1st petitioner based on the advice and assessment she had received from PWC and OBA-RH. The application by Mr. Maleche to amend the petition seeks to introduce new prayers, introduce new facts and developments in law on the area. The application by the UNAIDS Secretariat seeks to have them joined as a friend of the court to respectfully ensure that the court is fully appraised of the international perspectives relating to the issues of forced and coerced sterilization.
When: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 0900hrs
Where: High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, Court No. 2 on 3rdFloor, Milimani Law Courts.
PLEASE NOTE: The applicants request that their names and identity should not be disclosed in the media to protect them from further disclosure of their HIV-status.
Petitioner’s Court Documents
Petition number 606 of 2014
Application for UNAIDS to join as a friend of the court
Grounds of opposition by PWC
For more information contact:
Belice Odamna (Programme Officer) KELIN and Advocate for the Petitioners. Mombasa Road, Somak building 4th floor
P.O Box 112-00200, KNH
Tel +254202515790; Cell +254708389870; Email: bodamna@kelinkenya.org
For Twitter updates: @KELINkenya #Justice2Health
For background on the case: https://kelinkenya.org/2014/12/announcement/
