The High Court has allowed the Parliament to proceed with the Affordable Housing Bill after dismissing a petition challenging the conduct of public participation in the same. He sought a declaration that the rushing of the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 without adequate and effective public participation and considering the special needs of the marginalised is unlawful and unconstitutional for failure to comply with the requirement of public participation and protection of marginalised. Apiyo argued that the methodology was deficient and that there was not enough time given to the public specifically the marginalised communities to submit their views on the Affordable Housing Bill. He further claimed that the National Assembly published factsheet No 14 on Public Participation, which sets out the methodology to be adopted for effective public participation, disregarded the said factsheet. It submitted that the aforesaid notice did not state that public participation was limited to the submission of memoranda in the manner prescribed in the said notice.
