Justice Mohammed Ibrahim's verdict on BBI

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By Citizen Reporter March 31, 2022 02:45 (EAT)
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Here is a summary of Justice Justice Mohammed Ibrahim's verdict on the BBI.

1. The doctrine of Basic Structure is applicable in Kenya. Only the people can make and unmake the Constitution of Kenya.

2. The President cannot initiate a public initiative

3. The second schedule on the creation of new constituencies was unconstitutional

4. No civil proceedings can be instituted against the President during his tenure

5. By the time the court stopped the BBI process, no meaningful and sufficient public participation was conducted

6. The commission was not constitutionally constituted. But it was right in complying with a decision of the court in the Isaiah Biwott case

7. On the number of referendum questions, the matter was not ripe for determination

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