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.
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Jubilee National Vice Chairman David Murathe said albinism is not a disability. [File, Standard]
Albinism Society of Kenya has slammed Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe over his recent remarks targeted at the Persons with Albinism (PWAs).
Yesterday, the society, in a statement said Murathe’s utterances on KTNNews ‘Crossfire’ programme suggesting that having a skin pigment should be viewed as any other complexion and not as a disability is uncalled for and in bad taste.
“The pigment of somebody’s skin is not a disability. There is nothing that I can do that Mwaura cannot do, there is nothing that Gachagua can do that Mwaura cannot do, there is nothing that Mwaura can do that we cannot do. In fact, we are going to revisit the definition of persons living with disabilities,” Murathe was quoted as saying.
Junet Mohamed, Lawyer Steve Ogolla Savagely Differ Online Over BBI Ruling Tuko 5 hrs ago
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Suna East MP Junet Mohamed and lawyer Steve Ogolla shapely differed over the landmark ruling that stopped BBI reggae
- Ogolla claimed Junet did not understand the ruling delivered by the court, something that did not go down well with the lawmaker
- The differences played out shortly after Junet and a host of BBI promoters issued a presser disagreeing with the ruling, and vowing to continue with the process
Suna East MP Junet Mohamed and constitutional lawyer Steve Ogolla have sharply differed over the landmark ruling delivered by a 5-judge regarding the constitutionality of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process.