By Reporter
Former Kisumu Member of County Assembly Bob Ndolo has appealed to residents of Kisumu and friends to support his legal fees over a defamation suit against him by Kisumu City Manager Abala Wanga.
Ndolo, the founder of the group Public Property Protection, pleaded with friends and residents to support his legal cause by donating through a pay bill number.
“I wish to inform you that the City Manager of Kisumu, Abala Wanga, has filed a defamation case against me following my continued public commentary on issues of governance, corruption and impunity within the leadership of the City of Kisumu,” he wrote.
Ndolo claimed that some powerful people could be supporting him in the suit and said he will rely on the goodwill of the people to meet his legal fees.
“While it appears that powerful interests may be supporting the City Manager, the only strength I rely on is the collective voice and support of the residents of Kisumu County. I would like to sincerely thank some Kisumu Boys Alumni, traders in Kisumu City and friends of Kisumu City for their continued online support. Should any friend of Kisumu City wish to support this legal process, particularly in meeting the costs associated with defending this case, you may contribute through the pay bill number in any small way possible,” he wrote.
Abala moved to court through his lawyer Felgona Atieno Omondi, who filed the case at Kisumu High Court before Justice Joe M. Omido, who set the inter partes hearing for March 19, 2026.
“THAT UPON PERUSING and CONSIDERING the application and the record; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application and all other court processes be served.
THAT inter partes hearing (orally) be on 19th March, 2026 at 0830hrs.
Take notice that any disobedience or non-observance of the order of the court served herewith will result in penal consequences to you and any other person(s) disobeying and not observing the same,” he directed.
Omondi said the applicant has been the victim of a persistent and vicious online attack by Ndolo and that the respondent has been on a malicious rampage to sully the good name and reputation of both the applicant and the office he holds as City Manager of Kisumu.
She argued that Ndolo has published and continues to publish defamatory statements against Abala on his social media platform, Facebook, under the profile “Bob Ndolo.”
“That Abala has suffered great turmoil as a result of such publications and the same has affected his professional and personal life.
The publications have affected the Applicant’s professional life as City Manager of Kisumu City as his subordinates as well as the residents of Kisumu have been exposed to such publication,” she argued.
She said that Ndolo has been adamant in publishing these false allegations and has even included the names of other county and national government officials.
“That Ndolo has intentionally sought to disparage Abala by publicly canvassing issues whose merits or otherwise are now the subject of two separate judicial proceedings in E063&64/2025 Republic vs Michael Abala Wanga and HCACECPET/006/2025 Michael Abala Wanga vs EACC, hence grossly prejudicing the Applicant’s right to fair trial and effectively subjecting the Applicant to speculative trial by the media,” she stated.
Omondi prayed for the court to issue mandatory and prohibitory injunctions against Ndolo prohibiting and barring him from publishing, speaking and posting the offending publications on any of his social media platforms including his Facebook account under the profile “Bob Ndolo.”
“That the continued publication of the offending allegations about the Applicant’s professional and personal life issues are not just defamatory but they substantively touch on matters already seized in formal judicial proceedings which prejudices the Applicant’s right to fair trial and it is only fair that he be injuncted pending the hearing and determination of this suit,” she said.
