Chief Justice David Maraga is yet to empanel a bench to hear the cases that have been filed in court challenging the advisory he issued to President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve parliament. Four cases were mentioned before Justice Weldon Korir for directions on Wednesday and the court gave a further mention date to confirm if the bench will be empanelled by then. The conservatory orders that were issued suspending the implementation of the advisory will remain in force until the mentioned date for further directions. Among the cases mentioned include the case where two Kenyans Leina Konchellah and Mohsen Munasar sued Maraga over his advisory arguing that it was illegal. In the case, they argue that dissolution of parliament as advised by the CJ is not tenable.

Source: The Star October 08, 2020 06:56 UTC