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[li]By WASHINGTON MITO on 1 April 2022 - 9:16 am[/li]
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A collage image of Musalia Mudavadi signing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in November 2020.
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[li]Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi faced a backlash after he lauded the apex court for upholding the invalidity of the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2020, famously known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).[/li]In his statement on Thursday, March 31, Musalia stated that the determination by the seven-judge bench was a win for Kenyans.
He also underlined that the ruling was a demonstration of the Judiciary’s independence.
"I congratulate the Supreme Court judges for their bold decision which essentially puts a stop to the BBI reggae.
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Supreme Court judges, from left: Justices Isaac Lenaola, Smokin Wanjala, Philomena Mwilu (DCJ), Martha Koome (CJ), Ibrahim Mohammed, Njoki Ndungu, and William Ouko outside the apex court premises.
'Kenya is indeed fortunate to have a strong and independent Judiciary to which the people can always turn to when those in power become outrageously impertinent," Mudavadi tweeted.
A section of Kenyans, however, called out the Kenya Kwanza co-principal recalling that he was among those who spearheaded the initiative, having appended his signature on the bill. Some of them retraced images of the ANC boss promoting the bill.
“Mudavadi the BBI Reggae you are denouncing has your signature!,” Alinur Mohamed, a Nairobi-based politician stated.
“The same man who was at Bomas and appended his signature now celebrating the verdict of the court,” Sedric Ikhokoro stated
They also cited his attendance at the BBI report launch at the Bomas of Kenya in 2019. However, others concurred with the ANC boss that the ruling would build Kenyans’ confidence in the Judiciary ahead of the August 9 polls.
“The doctrine of separation of powers is so evident in our sister country Kenya we need to borrow this spirit viva the Supreme Court of Kenya,” Derrick Alleni stated.
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The Supreme Court of Kenya.
While speaking in Lamu, Ford-Kenya party leader, Moses Wetangula who accompanied Mudavadi to a Kenya Kwanza rally, vowed to institute legal proceedings against President Uhuru Kenyatta once his term ends in August.
Wetangula alleged that the head of state misappropriated funds in the name of championing the BBI initiative.
" Kwanza Alliance will set up an inquiry and prosecute President Uhuru Kenyatta," Wetangula announced.
[li][I][B]Wafula Wa Nyongesa[/li]These kigeugeu politicians really annoy me
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[li][I][B]Pamela Mbura[/li]Weta by saying that if Kenya Kwanza gets into power you will drag Uhuru to Court is the way you are telling Central Kenya to vote for you. You are truly decampaining for your master
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[li][/li]Titus Ncheeri
M’DVD, WETA, Yaani…indu vichenjanga?
[li]@Lionheart [/li]The celebration over the BBI ruling is one of the most ignorant things Kenyans love to do–celebrating things that need to be carefully unpacked, scrutinized, and understood. Truly understood. What is there to celebrate, or mock others about? The creation of the BBI, and the opposition to it, are both nothing but political games.
The circus around the BBI and all its attendant court dramas is nothing but a pointer to the simple fact that there is a failure to run the country right, and the process has been left to politicians with skewed, vested interests. It’s nothing about winning or losing, it is about what is good for everybody. Besides, as things stand, it can still be reintroduced with a few tweaks here and there, by someone other than the President.
The constitution can be changed, there’s nothing wrong with that if the people feel there is something that needs changing. The question should be for whose benefit it should be changed. But it was never necessary to initiate a move to change the constitution if the aim was to be fair and just. That can be achieved by all the existing laws if Kenyans got serious about doing what is just. You do not need a constitutional change to fight corruption. This is the real problem.
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