The AG in a case filed under certificate of urgency against 15 county assemblies and Council of County Governors, asked the court to declare formation of the assemblies illegal and unconstitutional. ALSO READ: Do away with unrealistic swearing-in promises and offer real leadershipAlready 15 have passed a motion to form the People’s Assemblies. “The establishment of the People’s Assemblies by the aforementioned county assemblies is an illegality as the institution is alien to the Constitution and is neither within the framework of the County Governments Act or any other legislation,” the court papers read. “The establishment of the proposed assemblies is also not envisioned within the mandate and the functions of the county assemblies or indeed the County Governments. He says: “The greater range of issues in the motion for the People’s Assemblies is an agenda domiciled within the mandate of Parliament.

Source: Standard Digital January 22, 2018 16:35 UTC