Voter wants Parliament dissolved over Bills

A man has petitioned the High Court to order the dissolution of the National Assembly for failing to pass all Bills ahead of the constitutional deadline that lapsed last week.

Japheth Muroko wants the court to declare that the National Assembly failed in its mandate of passing the Bills before August 27th and extending the timeline by a year.

Muroko wants the court to quash the extension that sought to buy time to pass 18 pending Bills.

He is also asking the High Court to declare that the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), the Attorney General and Parliament have altered the meaning of particular Bills as enumerated in the constitution, thereby misleading Kenyans.

On August 25^th, Members of Parliament extended by a year the Constitutional timelines to pass crucial pending Bills ahead of the August 27th deadline.

The House voted 260 against 11 for the motion to extend the 15 pending Bills, 12 of which are already before the House.

However, despite the full House after MPs were banned from foreign travel for a week, there were no enough numbers to move the Constitutional Amendment Bill seeking to hold elections in December instead of August.

Speaker Justin Muturi later said he would allow MPs to vote for the second time for the amendment Bill despite the constitutional requirement that requires a Bill that fails for lack of quorum be re-introduced in the House after six months.