*NAIROBI, Kenya â A court on May 14 quashed an attempt by Kenya President
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Amollo Odinga to change the East African countryâs constitution.
In its ruling, a five-judge bench of the High Court said that Kenyatta acted illegally when he took the steering wheel to drive the Building Bridges Initiative to a United Kenya, the vehicle he was using to seek the constitutional changes.
Kenyatta formed the initiative following his surprise March 9, 2018, âhandshakeâ with Odinga on the steps of Harambee House, the Presidentâs office in Nairobi.
Odinga was Kenyattaâs primary challenger in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections, marred by much violence between their supporters.