Lawyer Fred Asiimwe for 30 students from Uganda Christian University who are challenging decision by the Council of Legal Education blocking their admission to the Kenya School of Law leaving Milimani Law courts.
BY SAM ALFAN.
The High Court has directed the Council of Legal Education to file its response in a case in which students from Uganda Christian University are challenging a decision barring them from joining the Kenya School of Law.
The case was to proceed yesterday but failed owing to CLE’s inaction to file its response in the case.
Justice George Odunga subsequently directed the matter be heard on 20 December.
Counsel Johnson for the 30 students was furious by then Kenya School of Law (KSL) would have admitted the students and the petitioners will be left out.
Justice George Odunga agreed with the counsel but said if the judgment will be in favor of the petitioners, court has powers to order their admission.
“If my judgment will be in favor of the petitioners, this court has powers to order Kenya School of Law to admit the students” said Odunga.
30 students moved to court last week to challenge a decision by the Council of Legal Education barring them from joining the Kenya School of Law.
The students who are from Uganda Christian University want the courts to issued orders stopping the implementation of rejection letters issued by the CLE barring them from the advocate training programme for 2017/18 academic year.
The students told Justice George Odunga that they made their application to the Council as required by law, but the same has not been responded to enable them meet the dateline to join advocate training programme for 2017/18 academic year
Through Lawyer Asiimwe Fred the students want the entire process of receiving applications; clearance by the Council of Legal Education that will lock them out stopped pending court decision.
They further want Council for Legal Education (CLE) and the Secretary Council of Legal Education Professor Bitonye Kulundu compelled to provide all information and criteria, minutes of the meeting used in coming up with the decision that declined to issue clearance letters to some of them for the said program academic year.
The court also heard that the 30 students all qualified LLB degree holder from the UCU and they dont understand why CLE has issued letters rejecting their application for the training program.
Mr Johnson sought to stop Kenya School of law from admitting other students until the court makes a determination over their colleagues have been cleared by CLE.
He said the new regulations relied upon by KSL and CLE in admitting the students were not in place when they joined the University for the Study of law degree course.
Justice Odunga directed that the application be served upon KSL and CLE to enable the court interrogate the response before making any orders or directions to the case.
Hearing fixed for 20 December.
