THE STANDARD
OPINION
The High Court declared the BBI process null and void. [Samson Wire, Standard].
The dismissal of the Building Bridges Initiatives (BBI) in totality has the potential, through the judges interpretation of the law, of injuring the persona of the Kenyan voter. The judges failed to interrogate the constitutional amendment with a view to safeguard Kenyans against perennial electoral violence which the BBI attempted to cure.
Lord Alfred Denning’s would have cited their limitation as having compromised our justice system and their action as a rule of public policy which could be justified through convenience. The question is whether the ruling was made out of convenience other than progressive realisation of our common aspirations as Kenyans; protection of our primary and secondary rights.