High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Housing Bill.
High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Housing Bill: The High Court sitting in Kisumu on Monday, March 4, threw out a petition challenging the procession of the Affordable Housing Bill.
As such, the National Assembly and Senate were allowed to continue debating the Bill before it being passed into law.
Lawrence Omule Apiyo acting as the petitioner had outlined; the Attorney General, the Cabinet Secretary for Lands and the National Assembly as respondents arguing that the Housing Bill had not been subjected to satisfactory public participation before it was tabled to Parliament for debate.
The Judgement read,” The third respondent (National Assembly) cannot be faulted for the manner in which it has conducted public participation in respect of the Affordable Housing Bill No 75 of 2023,”
“This court finds that public participation conducted by the third respondent was effective and constitutionally compliant.”
The Court was told that National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah tabled the Bill to Parliament on December 4, 2023, before it underwent its first reading on December 7, 2023.
Subsequently, on December 9, 2023, members of the public were invited to physically present their comments about the bill to Parliament Buildings, Nairobi or send them through a provided email address with a deadline set for December 28, 2023.
Court Indicated,” The petitioner was aggrieved by the mode of submission of the memorandum and the timelines as provided.”
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