A case in which one of the Armenian brothers accused of mercenary sued former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will be heard before the High Court on Thursday.
Artur Margaryan accused Mr Odinga, the then Liberal Democratic Party leader, of defamation in the case filed in 2006.
The file is among the cases that the Judiciary will be seeking to either conclude in the shortest time possible or dismiss in a move aimed at clearing the backlog in the courts.
The case will be heard by Justice Luka Kimaru. It is one of the 15000 old cases that the Judiciary wants to dispense of in an exercise dubbed Justice@last.
The court has been hearing about 3000 cases per day. Over 4000 cases have already been dismissed, according to report from Judiciary.
Artur and his brother Artur Sargasyan hit headlines in 2006 over allegations of connections in the government.
There were allegations that they were mercenaries and their conduct was discussed in parliament.
The brothers were deported in June 2006 after a gun drama at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Mr Margaryan had at some point offered to withdraw a defamation case against Mr Odinga.
“If you are apologetic any time, I am ready to withdraw the case and forgive you,” he told journalists at a press conference at his Runda home in April 2006.
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