Tag: COURT

Interior Minister Murkomen slams LSK over bail for violent protesters

Interior Cabinet Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has sharply criticised the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), accusing…

Uganda’s top court upholds controversial anti-LGBT law

Uganda’s Constitutional Court has upheld the country’s controversial anti-homosexuality law, which imposes life imprisonment and…

AG to appeal CAS judgment

Justin Muturi, the attorney general, has vowed to appeal a High Court decision by a…

Kingi says suspension of Finance Act against public interest

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi now wants the court to lift orders that suspended the Finance Act 2023, saying it’s against the public interest. Kingi claims that the consequence of the order granted is to suspend the government’s revenue raising measures and, as a result, bring the government to a standstill in his affidavit to the court challenging the act. According to the Speaker, the state faces serious disadvantages due to the money lost from uncollected taxes as a result of the suspension of the Finance Act 2023’s implementation. “The disputed tax is unlikely to be collected if the conservatory orders stay in place, and this will occasion a gap in the operations or governance structure that, if left unfilled, even for a short time, is likely to cause is likely to cause very grave consequences to the…