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    Daily Nation (Kenya)
    February 26, 2015 Thursday

    Court to hear Artur Margaryan case against Raila

    by MAZERA NDURYA -1


    Artur Margaryan accused Mr Odinga of defamation in the case filed in 2006.

    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 home in
    Runda in April 2006.

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