AG files notice of appeal on BBI verdict
The Attorney General has filed a notice of appeal seeking the High Court to suspend its decision on the judgement it issued on the Building Bridges Initiative(BBI) Bill on Thursday.
Through Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto, the AG says he is dissatisfied with the entire decision of the court and wants implementation of the judgement suspended.
“….the Honourable Attorney General being dissatisfied with the decision of the 5 judge bench consisting of Honourable Justice J.M. Ngugi, Honourable Justice G.V. Odunga, Honourable Justice Ngaah Jairus, Honourable Justice E.C. Mwita and Honourable Lady Justice Mumbua T. Matheka delivered at the High Court at Nairobi on the 13th day of May 2021 intends to appeal the Court of Appeal against the whole of the said decision,” read the notice.
The application will be heard today.
Meanwhile, the BBI task force steering committee lawyer Paul Mwangi and Arnold Oginga, BBI National Secretariat and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga are currently filing an appeal.
As the third defendant, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is also expected to file its appeal.
On Thursday, the High Court stopped President Uhuru Kenyatta from proceeding with the changes to the Constitution.
The court declared the BBI Bill as illegal, null and void.
The bench issued a permanent injunction restraining the IEBC from conducting the referendum.
The court declared that the prayer for the order that the Attorney-General and other public officers who have authorised the use of public funds in the unconstitutional constitutional change process promoted by the steering committee (refund) the funds is declined.
