Thursday, May 13, 2021 -The court’s ruling made today on the fate of the Building Bridges Initiative BBI has left the legal fraternity torn in between.
Five High Court judges today Thursday May 13 ruled that President Uhuru Kenyatta violated several sections of the Constitution including failure to respect and uphold the law as well as failing the leadership and integrity test under Article 73(1) (a) as required from any head of State.
And while commending on the ruling, city lawyer Ahamednasir Abdullahi noted that, once more, President Uhuru Kenyatta had been proven wrong by judges what does not look so good on the side of the executive.
“FIVE High Court judges rule that H.E UHURU’S title deed to Kenya is not the original or genuine one given to his Dad, President Jomo Kenyatta by Gov Malcolm MacDonald in 1963 and that genuine title deed to Kenya is actually in possession of Madam WANJIKU,” he tweeted.
FIVE High Court judges rule that H.E UHURU'S title deed to Kenya is not the original or genuine one given to his Dad, President Jomo Kenyatta by Gov Malcolm MacDonald in 1963 and that genuine title deed to Kenya is actually in possession of Madam WANJIKU.
— Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC (@ahmednasirlaw) May 13, 2021
But in a sharp rejoinder, flamboyant city lawyer Donald Kipkorir faulted the whole judgment which he said will soon be overturned by the Court of Appeal.
“I wholly & totally disagree with the Jurisprudence, Reasoning, Philosophy & Tenor of the Judgment. Constitutional Amendments are subject only to Articles 255, 256 & 257. To measure it against other Articles is an egregious error that Court of Appeal must correct,” he responded.
I wholly & totally disagree with the Jurisprudence, Reasoning, Philosophy & Tenor of the Judgement. Constitutional Amendments are subject only to Articles 255, 256 & 257. To measure it against other Articles is an egregious error that Court of Appeal must correct .. #BBIJudgement
— Donald B Kipkorir (@DonaldBKipkorir) May 13, 2021
The ruling today now leaves the BBI proponents at cross roads and could see them forced to go back to the drawing table to plan on how to counter this through the Court of Appeal which remains their only saviour.
