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May 25th 2021 at 19:30:00 GMT +0300 Only five years into his career, lawyer MORARA OMOKE is already making waves likely to reshape constitutionalism in the country. As one of the petitioners in the consolidated suit that sank BBI, he tells ERIC NYAKAGWA why the initiative by President Uhuru and his surrogate brother, Raila, was designed to fail from the start. You are related to George Morara, the firebrand former West Mugirango MP, whose death in a freaky road accident along the Kakamega-Kisumu Road remains unresolved more than 50 years later. What does this tell about the history of the ju...

The current process, they claimed, is political and had turned governors into victims of their respective county assemblies and the Senate. "Oversight bodies must remain cognizant of the legal principles surrounding impeachment so that the exercise is not abused," said the Kisii governor. They said they would seek to be enjoined in the case by former Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi Mohamud challenging his removal. Yesterday, it also emerged that Mohamud and the sworn-in Governor Ahmed Ali Muktar addressed the extraordinary CoG meeting separately and gave their account of happenings in the county....

BBI Must get to referendum, Controversial MP declares By Catherine Waruguru via FB In the spirit of our Constitution, we respect the ruling delivered by the High Court yesterday. There is need for immediate appeal to the decision as some key issues raised by the BBI team haven’t been sufficiently prosecuted. On March 4th 2020, in a case filed by Thirdway Alliance against the BBI task force, Justice Mativo of the High Court ruled that the taskforce was constituted legally and that the President acted well within the law in constituting and gazzetting the task force. It’s astonishing ...

BBI will be back, Uhuru is very powerful- MP Ngunjiri says By Ngunjiri Wambugu via FB BBI CONTINUES … Many people have reached out to me expressing genuine concern about whether today’s judgement adversely affects BBI. I assure all of you that there’s nothing to worry about. Today’s court decision will ONLY make this weekend a very active one politically. TangaTanga is on cloud 9. We are sure we are okay. Each side will argue it’s position – some will pontificate. Everyone will sound right; like they know. But that’s it. Nothing will actually change. Because next week this dec...

AG Kihara Takes Action After BBI Ruling Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki. File Solicitor General Ken Ogeto stated that the AG was directly authorised to appeal against the ruling.  Kariuki filed a suit in court seeking an injunction against the implementation of the judgement made. The suspension would provide him with ample time to file for an appeal.  The former President of the Court of Appeal - through the Solicitor General - argued that he was displeased with the shock ruling made against BBI, especially after the judges declared that the bill illegal as it flouted several clause...