{"id":450486,"date":"2011-06-29T21:29:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T21:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/29\/varsity-wants-case-against-its-campus-thrown-out\/"},"modified":"2011-06-29T21:29:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T21:29:42","slug":"varsity-wants-case-against-its-campus-thrown-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/29\/varsity-wants-case-against-its-campus-thrown-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity Wants Case Against Its Campus Thrown Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.3261008296\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>29 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Mt Kenya University on Wednesday asked the High Court to dismiss a case seeking to bar its establishment at the Posh Milimani Estate in Nakuru Town.<\/p>\n<p>The university&#8217;s lawyer, Mr Caleb Nyamwenga, said the application before Mr Justice William Ouko had been overtaken by events since the university was already operational at the disputed location.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the case had been presented before the High Court in Nakuru prematurely since there were other avenues where the dispute could be settled.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nyamwenga said the case was based on environmental issues, adding, there were rules under the Environmental Management and Coordination Act through which the dispute could be handled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environment Tribunal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The complaint by residents of Milimani Estate should have been taken before the National Environment Tribunal; coming to this court is denying the involved parties other avenues,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Residents wanted High Court to issue an injunction barring set-up of a university campus in the area.<\/p>\n<p>They alleged that such an establishment would increase insecurity, immorality and devalue their property.<\/p>\n<p>The residents, through Milimani Residents Welfare Association, said the move would consequently bring about low-class residential units within the area and feared that there might be mushrooming of kiosks and cafeterias because of the students&#8217; influx.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106291458.html\" title=\"Varsity Wants Case Against Its Campus Thrown Out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Varsity Wants Case Against Its Campus Thrown Out<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 29 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Mt Kenya University on Wednesday asked the High Court to dismiss a case seeking to bar its establishment at the Posh Milimani Estate in Nakuru Town. The university&#8217;s lawyer, Mr Caleb Nyamwenga, said the application before Mr Justice William Ouko had been overtaken by events since the university was already operational at the disputed location. He added that the case had been presented before the High Court in Nakuru prematurely since there were other avenues where the dispute could be settled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":450487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-450486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Varsity Wants Case Against Its Campus Thrown Out - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/29\/varsity-wants-case-against-its-campus-thrown-out\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Varsity Wants Case Against Its Campus Thrown Out - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"29 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Mt Kenya University on Wednesday asked the High Court to dismiss a case seeking to bar its establishment at the Posh Milimani Estate in Nakuru Town. 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