High Court dismisses petition challenging NADCO's constitutionality

Justice Mugambi dismissed the case ruling that the court's jurisdiction has been invoked to adjudicate a non-existent dispute.

Mugambi further noted that the court has no business in engaging in premature matters.

"The doctrine of ripeness applies in this case, this court upholds the preliminary objections and strikes out the petition in its entirety," reads the ruling.

In the case, the respondents through lawyer Arnold Oginga had argued that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the petition adding that the doctrine of ripeness discourages the filling before a matter crystallizes into a controversy.