BBI ruling widens rift between judiciary and executive

Justices Teresia Matheka, Justices George Odunga, Joel Ngugi Jairus Ngaah and Chacha Mwita at the High Court when they delivered judgement on eight consolidated petitions challenging the BBI referendum.[Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The High Court decision that dealt a blow to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has opened another can of worms in the strained relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive.

By attacking the integrity of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Justices Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Jairus Ngaah, Chacha Mwita and Teresia Matheka touched the heart of the Executive, which legal observers say will worsen the bad blood between the two arms of government.

The judges in their ruling declared Uhuru out of order for violating Chapter Six of the Constitution.