Also present were Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi, Acting National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani, Attorney General Paul Kihara, Majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale and Treasury PS Dr Julius Muia. Read MoreIn a judgement yesterday, the court struck out 23 laws that had been passed by the National Assembly, most of them in 2018. “It is mandatory for National Assembly Speaker to seek the concurrence of the Senate Speaker on Bills concerning counties. We find that the contested laws were illegally enacted without concurrence of the two Houses and declare them unconstitutional, null and void,” ruled the judges. “We will suspend our orders and declarations for a period of nine months within which the National Assembly must take steps to regularise their legislation.

Source: Standard Digital October 29, 2020 21:01 UTC