The high court has upheld the government’s Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) Deployment decision to help Kenya Police Service against the protesters within the country.
According to reports, the High Court was in support of the government’s decision to deploy military as seen in today’s protests in a bid to control the situation in the country that has created tension within the country.
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The ruling comes just a day after the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) through its president Faith Odhiambo, filed a petition in court seeking to block the deployment that was described as illegal.
According to LSK, the move by Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale to gazette the deployment of KDF to assist the police without parliament’s approval was unconstitutional.
In the gazette notice, the CS stated that the move was reached after a section of demonstrators resorted to interfering with critical infrastructure and government structures hence the deployment.
“This is in response to the security emergency caused by the ongoing violent protests in various parts of the republic of Kenya resulting in destruction and breaching of critical infrastructure.”
However, immediately the deployment was done, kenyans on social media called out the government over the move, forcing the National Assembly to call a special meeting to ratify the deployment.
Immediately a special sitting was convened, the deployment of KDF was approved with Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah fronting the motion.
However, according to LSK, there was no state of emergency or critical security situation to warrant the deployment of Defense Forces and that police were well equipped to handle the situation.
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The High Court, rejecting the Law Society of Kenya’s argument, therefore gave the government two days to submit the details of the scope, duration and areas of military intervention.