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Kenya: Time is Ripe to Send the Handshake Brothers Home, Kenya Kwanza Leaders Say
Capital FM, 1 April 2022
Kenya Kwanza leaders have lauded the Supreme Court ruling that declared the constitution amendment bill 2020 popularly known as the Building Bridges Initiative unconstitutional. Read more »
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Kenya: Supreme Court Declares Kenyatta's Plan to Change Consitution Unlawful
Capital FM, 31 March 2022
The Supreme Court has sounded the death knell for the constitutional amendment process popularly referred to as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) after ruling that it was… Read more »
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Kenya: Ruto on BBI Collapse - End of Political Conmanship in Kenya
Capital FM, 31 March 2022
Deputy President William Ruto has said the collapse of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has marked the end to political conmanship in Kenya. Read more »
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Kenya: Supreme Court Frames 7 Issues for Determination in BBI Petition
Capital FM, 31 March 2022
Supreme Court justices on Thursday set out to outline their respective opinions on the petition challenging the BBI constitutional review process invalidated twice by two superior… Read more »
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Kenya: Koome Rejects Basic Structure Doctrine, Faults 'Judiciary-Created Fourth Pathway' to Amendments
Capital FM, 31 March 2022
Chief Justice Martha Koome has rejected the application of the basic structure doctrine in Kenya faulting judges of superior courts who applied it while determining the BBI… Read more »
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Kenya: Junet, Waweru Not BBI Promoters. Its Ancestry Is Traceable to the Handshake - Justice Ouko
Capital FM, 31 March 2022
Supreme Court Judge William Ouko has placed President Uhuru Kenyatta at the core of the proposed constitutional amendments under the BBI process, dismissing asserts the process was… Read more »
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Kenya: BBI Proponents Failed Public Participation Test on Creation of Constituencies - Koome
Capital FM, 31 March 2022
Chief Justice Martha Koome has ruled that public participation was not properly done during the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process, especially on the second schedule of the… Read more »
Court Delivers Blow to Proposed Change to Kenya's Constitution
The Supreme Court has sounded the death knell for the constitutional amendment process, popularly referred to as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), by ruling that it was unconstitutional.
The majority ruling by a seven-judge bench found that President Uhuru Kenyatta's involvement in the process was unlawful.
In a summarised judgement, Chief Justice Martha Koome further stated that the creation of 70 new constituencies was also against the law.
While six judges agreed that the president cannot initiate the popular initiative, Justice Njoki Ndung'u argued that the president can initiate the process, either in his personal capacity or in his official capacity, since he is democratically elected by Kenyans.
Chief Justice Koome further announced that they will harmonise the BBI decision, and issue consolidated judgement on April 5, 2022, reports Jemimah Mueni for Capital FM.
Opposition Kenya Kwanza leaders have lauded the ruling.
Deputy President William Ruto has said the collapse of the BBI has marked the end to political conmanship in Kenya. He has termed the initiative as a fraud that is aimed at meeting the selfish interests of a few individuals.
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