CORD to put up fight to retain Judiciary’s autonomy
- 5 years ago
The last time they resorted to jeering and shouting at their counterparts on the other side of the aisle in the August House to express their displeasure at security legislation which they said would take Kenya, “back to the dark dictatorial days.”
All they managed to walk away with though – barefoot – were torn pieces of clothing and bitten fingers.
Having lost out to what they’ve often referred to as the, “tyranny of numbers,” of the ruling coalition in the House, the opposition legislators and their party leaders, took their grievances to court.
This time – following President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assent to the Statute Miscellaneous Amendment Act No. 2 of 2015 – they swore up and down on Tuesday that they would not roll over without a fight either.
Flanking their Coalition for Reforms and Democracy co-principals Raila Odinga and Moses Wetangula, the legislators who included Kisumu Senator Anyang’ Nyong’o, Suna East MP Junet Mohamed and Homa Bay Senator Moses Kajwang, took issue with the amendments in the Miscellaneous Act that give the President greater say on who becomes Chief Justice and over the National Police Service.
All they managed to walk away with though – barefoot – were torn pieces of clothing and bitten fingers.
Having lost out to what they’ve often referred to as the, “tyranny of numbers,” of the ruling coalition in the House, the opposition legislators and their party leaders, took their grievances to court.
This time – following President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assent to the Statute Miscellaneous Amendment Act No. 2 of 2015 – they swore up and down on Tuesday that they would not roll over without a fight either.
Flanking their Coalition for Reforms and Democracy co-principals Raila Odinga and Moses Wetangula, the legislators who included Kisumu Senator Anyang’ Nyong’o, Suna East MP Junet Mohamed and Homa Bay Senator Moses Kajwang, took issue with the amendments in the Miscellaneous Act that give the President greater say on who becomes Chief Justice and over the National Police Service.