Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair Wafula Chebukati’s daughter has sued a high-end private members club after suspension following an argument. 

Rachel Chebukati, in her case filed before the High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi on Monday, sued Karen Country Club, its secretary Lawrence Kibet and two members.

Her lawyer, Peter Wanyama, told the court that she had been an avid golfer and club member for decades until August last year when she was expelled because she was the aggressor.

Ms Chebukati alleged that on May 18, 2024, she was at the club’s sports bar when the two members came in. 

According to her, the two allegedly attacked her. She claimed that they appeared drunk.

“This petition concerns an incident that occurred on May 18, 2024, at the Karen Country Club sports bar where two members of the club, and in the company of other persons brutally attacked the petitioner and her guest and occasioned actual bodily harm. The attackers appeared intoxicated,” claimed Wanyama.

According to Wanyama, the former IEBC’s daughter allegedly sought help from the club’s security, but in vain. He claimed she was thrown out “like a dog that had stolen and eaten a piece of chicken.”

The lawyer stated that the attack only stopped when his client sought help from the police.

Wanyama said that his client, during the attack, was grabbed by the neck, strangled, thrown on the concrete floor, and kicked while she was on the ground.

As a result, he said, she suffered injuries on the left cheek, right hand, left knee and leg, and a wound on the right hand.

“Because of the nature of the attack, the petitioner experienced dizziness and headache for a whole month,” claimed Wanyama.

Ms Chebukati alleged that Ms Nduati had told her that she would be kicked out as a daughter to a prominent club member.

Ms Chebukati told the court that she complained about the incident but no action was taken against the two.

In her supporting affidavit, Ms Chebukati said that following the saga, she was summoned for a disciplinary hearing on June 26, 2024, but she was unavailable.

She explained that the Attorney General’s office had sent her to attend a multi-agency working committee on the development of petroleum policy.

The court heard that the club allegedly invited her on a working day for another hearing. Ms Chebukati claimed that the club had ‘victimized the victim.’

Despite being a private person, the club is subject to stipulations in the Bill of Rights that require fairness in the entire administrative process. 

“Karen Country Club cannot keep rules and regulations that allow for unfair administrative action against a member and protection recalcitrant member, persons who attack others who they deem low-key and later use their influence to target the victim,” said Ms Chebukati.

Ms Chebukati wants the court to find that her rights were violated. At the same time, she is urging it to quash the expulsion.

She also wants an order permanently barring the club from kicking her out without a proper and legal process.

Chekubati’s daughter also wants compensation for alleged discrimination and denial of a fair hearing.

The case will be mentioned on April 2, 2025.