Composite image of former police officer Linda Okello. Photo: Linda Okello. Linda Okello gets KSh 6.5 million in damagesIn the suit, the now US-based Kenyan sought, among other things, general damages for libel, aggravated and exemplary damages, and an injunction restraining the Standard Group and its journalists from putting up defamatory publications against her. Lawyer Tom Ojienda, who led the attorneys appearing for her, revealed their client had been awarded KSh 6.5 million in damages by Judge Asenath Ongeri. The court also granted, among others, a permanent injunction against the Standard Group from publishing the defamatory words by innuendo similar in effect or substitute against Okello.

Source: Standard Digital August 23, 2023 16:24 UTC