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Supreme Court BBI Final Ruling

<h2><strong>SUPREME COURT FINDINGS ON THE BBI APPEAL <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>1&rpar; Whether the Basic Structure Doctrine is applicable in Kenya&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2&rpar; Whether there ought to have been a multi-choice referendum question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; The issue was prematurely considered by HC &amp&semi; CoA&period; CoA decision is therefore set aside&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; The issue was prematurely considered by the HC &amp&semi; CoA&period; CoA decision is therefore set aside&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; The issue was prematurely considered by the HC &amp&semi; CoA&period; CoA decision is therefore set aside&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; The issue was prematurely considered by the HC &amp&semi; CoA&period; CoA decision is therefore set aside&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>3&rpar; Whether the President &lpar;and state institutions&rpar; can initiate changes to amend the Constitution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; Yes &lpar;And in in case of BBI the President was neither the initiator nor promoter&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; No &lpar;But in the case of BBI&comma; the President was neither the initiator nor the promoter&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>4&rpar; Whether there was sufficient public participation in the BBI constitutional amendment process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; Yes &lpar;Save for the addition of the 2nd Schedule on the creation of 70 new Consistencies which was a late addition in the Amendment Bill&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; Yes &lpar;Save for addition of the 2nd Schedule in the Amendment Bill&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; Yes &lpar;And the consideration of the constitutionality of the inclusion of 2nd Schedule to the Amendment Bill by the HC &amp&semi; CoA was premature&period; However the schedule is unconstitutional&period; &rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; Yes &lpar;Save for addition of the 2nd Schedule in the Amendment Bill&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>5&rpar; Whether IEBC had an obligation to ensure there was sufficient public participation during the signature collection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; No<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>6&rpar; Whether the President enjoys immunity against civil proceedings in court in his personal capacity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>7&rpar; Whether IEBC had quorum during the verification of signatures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Koome CJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mwilu DCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ouko SCJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Njoki SCJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lenaola SCJ &colon; Yes<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wanjala SCJ &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ibrahim SCJ &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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