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…She further contends that the Defendant defamed her in various notes and memoranda addressed to her.…

…With regard to defamation, I note that allegations upon which the Plaintiff relied are contained in Paragraph 8 of the Plaint.…

…This appeal arises from the decision of the superior court (Omolo, J) in a defamation suit by Samson Odoyo, (the appellant) against Hon Ojwang’ K’Ombudo (the respondent).…

…Section 3 of the Defamation Act cap 36 provides:- 3.…

…In paragraph 4 of his plaint, the plaintiff alleged wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution; in paragraph 7 he alleged defamation. For these torts he claimed both special and general damages.…

…Paragraph 7, 8 and 9 of the plaint are couched in the language of a claim for defamation but no defamatory statement is pleaded.…

…He sought against the appellants damages for unjustified invasion of his premises, loss of privacy, defamation and the return of all his goods.…

…Appellant’s view was that defamation was referable to him by innuendo which could have come out at the trial. This view was also rejected as the plaint itself disclosed no cause of action.…

…These averments which are presumably intended to establish the malice that actuated the alleged defamation of the appellant, it must be noted, are special facts which are not averred to have been in the knowledge of those…

…and section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act (cap 21) on November, 10 1983, for an injunction to restrain the Law Society from impeding his progress to enrollment, damages, special and general, for having done so, and for defamation…

…transferred by the Local Government Act, 1888, from the local justices to the County Council) were “judicial proceedings”, so that absolute privilege could be claimed in respect of remarks made there in proceedings taken for defamation…

…In addition there was the plaintiff’s claim for damages for defamation arising from the defendant’s decision to call in the Performance Bond.…

…There had been a history of litigation between the parties involving allegations of conspiracy and defamation and one abortive petition for winding up.…