The High Court in Kiambu has suspended the implementation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report that was presented to President William Ruto.
According to reports, the Kiambu court put the implementation of the NADCO report on hold following the application filed by activist Michael Muchemi.
Muchemi in his submission claims that the contents of the dialogue report threatens the country’s rule of law, citing sections of the final report.
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Additionally, Michael Muchemi claims that a portion of the report calling for an audit of the 2022 general election results falls outside the constitutional framework, as it cannot overturn the decision made by the Supreme Court.
Lady Justice Dora Chepkwony agreed with the petitioner and thus suspended the implementation of the report currently under consideration by Parliament adding that the Supreme Court has the authority to adjudicate disputes and decide elections.
“If this application is not treated as extremely urgent and certified as such, the underlying constitutional concerns raised in the pleadings below may remain unaddressed.”
The rulling prohibited the second and third respondents from convening any session to discuss, approve, adopt, or appoint a panel to execute chapter two of the report.
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“Upon considering the grounds on the face of the application together with the affidavit sworn it is hereby ordered that the application be and is hereby certified as urgent and that the application be and is hereby allowed. This means that the process that began in parliament to implement the report stops forthwith.”
This comes amid criticism of the NADCO report by a section of leaders including AZIMIO Co-principle Martha Karua who claim that the committee failed to adhere to issues affecting kenyans which initially was the essence of its formation.