During the previous court case, Justice Jack Murima said the case was of public interest and declared its application to stop the media from covering the proceedings lacks merit and is ill-intended.

“After Considering both sides I hereby dismiss the application and allow the media to cover the proceedings in open court,” said Justice Murima who added the resort had not provided reasons why it wanted the media kept out of the case.

The applicant’s lawyer Wilfred Nderitu, Muriuki also sued Baobab for denying him entry to the facility’s premises.
According to our sources, Muriuki, the managing director of Destination Africa DMC Limited, also wants the court to order hotel managers not to block him from its premises where he said he has been taking guests.

Five months ago, High Court judge Mumbi Ngugi ordered the hotel to expunge posts said to have offended Muriuki from its Facebook account and not to publish anything else about him until the case is determined.

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The damaging allegations against the hotel are that it has been accused of locking out local visitors, including tour operators, who are expected to pick up guests.

“For the avoidance of doubt, I cannot believe that in this day and age, some beach hotels on the Kenyan coast will not allow locals to enjoy the services that they advertise. I am sad some hotels still discriminate against people based on color,” said Muriuki in his court papers.

This came after the hotel wrote Muriuki a letter of apology “for the unpleasant experience at our resort’s main gate a while ago”.

The case will proceed on Friday.