Nairobi — A court on Friday declined to issue restraining orders against former TV presenter Esther Adongo Arunga's parents. Ms Arunga had sued her parents, claiming that they were interfering with her personal life.

Lady Justice Jeanne Gacheche of the constitutional and judicial review division declined to issue the restraining orders, saying the matter was between parents and their daughter.

Instead, she ordered that the parties appear in court on April 26, when the case will be heard. In her suit papers, Ms Arunga accused her parents of detaining her in their house without her consent.

Apart from her parents, Ms Arunga also sued a doctor who performed psychiatric tests on her and police officers who she claimed arrested and released her without pressing charges.

She said the police officers abused their power through arbitrary arrest and detention. She said that the officers and the doctor were working under the influence of her parents.

Ms Arunga said she had to sneak out of her parents' house to regain her freedom and was seeking security from the court.

She wanted the court to restrain her parents, Dr Robert Arunga and Mrs Petoline Arunga, from interfering with her rights and freedom.

She also wanted the court to stop her parents from having physical control over her.

According to Ms Arunga, her personal belongings, including her mobile phone, national identity card and passport, were confiscated by police acting on her parents' instructions.

Her lawyer, Mr Edward Oonge, said his client was worried that she might be arrested any time and taken back to her parents' house.

He said Ms Arunga's detention at her parents' house was illegal and a breach of her constitutional rights and freedom.