Cecil Miller who has now been enjoined in the case indicated that she had tried to communicate with the Governor with little success and was now ready to be charged to ensure a speedy conclusion of the matter. “I know of my own knowledge that my advocates on record did contact the Governor to set up a meeting where both parties could thrash out details of a possible settlement. That in spite of the challenges and lack of commitment from the Governor’s side towards the setting of a meeting, my lawyers on record held discussions on proposed settlement terms with his lawyers, Messrs Prof Tom Ojienda & Associates on 9th January 2014,” she outlined in an affidavit presented by Miller. In the affidavit, she indicated that after the initial contact, follow-up phone calls made to Kidero’s office went unanswered and there wasn’t response to a letter she had sent on Friday last week. “My lawyers proceeded to make follow-up phone calls to Governor Kidero’s lawyers on the progress made on the proposals on settlement but the said phone calls went unanswered,” she said. Kidero’s lawyer, Tom Ojienda on the other hand after also being enjoined to the case asked the court to extend the period for negotiations saying that they were not given enough time to respond to the letter by Shebesh. “We were given the letter that my learned friend is referring to last Friday and as such, we have not been able to look through it and I would like to request the court to give us time to go through it,” he stated. Ojienda also argued that the statement by Shebesh that she was ready to be charged was made in bad faith stating that it went contrary to the spirit of reconciliation.]]>
