PLO has sued by Maina Wachira for allegedly stealing his intellectual property in the Law Society of Kenya Journal as his own work.
“The publication by the renowned orator is misleading, injurious and dishonest since it is being disseminated to Kenya School of Law students as PLO’s work”, SAID Gitobu Imanyara, the lawyer representing Mr Maina- a constitutional rights lawyer.
The article titled “From Jurisprudence to Poliprudence: The Kenyan Presidential Election Petition 2013.” Is the one in question for plagiarism.
“PLO has plagiarized the intellectual property belonging to Mr Maina and has breached the constitution as expected of a state or public officer, this court needs to restrain him from performing his duties temporarily,” Mr Imanyara explained.
The plagiarized article which was first featured in the LSK’s journal is said to have been published by East African newspaper on April 20, 2013 where the lawyer accuses PLO of lifting nearly 5,000 words verbatim from his work
