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Supreme Court Judges Set To Deliver Ruling On BBI Appeal

31Mar

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Supreme Court Judges Set To Deliver Ruling On BBI Appeal

The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its judgement on the fate of the BBI constitutional review process. The verdict by the seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice Martha Koome is likely to have a significant effect on the events in the political landscape. The judgement holds the key to wide-ranging constitutional changes including among other things an expanded executive structure. It will be a culmination of a protracted political and legal contest for the first amendment to the 2010 Constitution. The nation’s attention will be on the judges who in a masterstroke will either change the county's governance structure as we know or maintain the status quo. It is a litmus test for the CJ Koome-led bench. The Supreme Court has a momentous task of deciphering previous...

BBI judgement to be delivered in open court on Friday

17Aug

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BBI judgement to be delivered in open court on Friday

The much anticipated BBI judgement will be delivered in open court on Friday this week. In a communication to parties, the court of appeal says the judgement will be read by the seven judges in open court. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, only 16 lawyers will be allowed in the court while the rest will follow proceedings online. Court of Appeal Deputy Registrar Lorraine Ogombe says each side should select 8 lawyers who will be in court. The parties have until the end of Wednesday to choose and forward the names of the 16 lawyers to the court. This comes a week after lawyer Evans Ogada wrote to the court asking for the judgement to be delivered in open court due to public interest. The seven-judge bench made up of Court of Appeal President Daniel Musinga, Justic...

Seven-Judge Bench to Hear BBI Appeal Case.

24Jun

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Seven-Judge Bench to Hear BBI Appeal Case.

The President of the Court of Appeal Justice Daniel Musinga has constituted a seven-judge bench to hear the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) appeal case. An appeal was filed in the appellate court after a five-judge bench of the High Court delivered a unanimous judgment declaring the report unconstitutional, null, and void. According to a statement by the Judiciary on Thursday, June 24, the hearing of the appeal will commence on Tuesday, June 29, for four consecutive days up to July 2, 2021 List of judges selected The seven judges picked to hear the case include: 1. Daniel Musinga- Presiding Judge 2. Roselyn Nambuye 3. Hannah Okwengu 4. Patrick Kiage 5. Gatembu Kairu 6. Fatuma Sichale 7. Francis Tuiyott Those who filed an appeal against the High Courts ruling include Pres...

BBI proposal on distribution on 70 constituencies.

17Mar

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BBI proposal on distribution on 70 constituencies.

The IEBC has termed as unconstitutional the proposal in the BBI to allocate 70 constituencies to some 28 counties. Chairman wafula chebukati said while BBI promoters are right to create the constituencies they errared in allocating constituencies specific counties. The chairman said this before the Joint Justice and legal Affairs committees of parliament on the constitution of Kenya (Ammendment) Bill 2020. The bill has created additional 70 constituencies to push the number to 360. The constituencies are distributed among 28 of the 47 counties. He further said his team was never consulted by the BBI promoters on the additional constituencies. The IEBC boss at the same time defended the commission for the delays in the beginning the process of delimitation of the boundari...

10Mar

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RAILA CHECKS INTO HOSPITAL

ODM leader Raila Odinga checked into Nairobi Hospital for a series of tests. According to his spokesman Dennis Onyango, after a series of country wide tours from Turkana to Narok to Busia and Coast region without rest. He complained of fatigue when he returned from the coast. Onyango added the leader was due for his annual checkup conducted every March. News of health concerns emerged on the day that people were pushing for Baringo Senator Gideon Moi to succeed Uhuru. This also comes after Kanu boss, Gideon Moi read the statement after the president summoned party leaders in thanking party leaders in passing the BBI Bill. “The president has not changed his mind on the handshake.He is as determined as before and you will see a series of things to affirm that in the coming...

MUSALIA GIDEON ALLIANCE THREATNES HANDSHAKE COLLAPSE.

8Mar

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MUSALIA GIDEON ALLIANCE THREATNES HANDSHAKE COLLAPSE.

A new alliance by the system at the expense of ODM boss Raila Odinga at the centre of the unfolding disintegration of handshake. There are jitters in Raila camp that Raila maybe used by the president to amend the constitution through the building Bridges Initiative BBI and then isolated for another alliance in 2022. The trio of Musalia Mudavadi,Wetangula and Kalonzo worked together with Raila under the Nasa Coalition but they have regrouped and brought on board Gideon. The three have accused Raila of Political deceit and vowed to stick together in 2022. Raila allies now claim the strategy is to destabilize his most loyal support bases across the country including western and coast aiming to project him as a weak candidate ahead of 2022. Raila’s men claim the Matungu p...