- Activist Joseph Aura claims that the installation of Deputy President Kithure Kindiki was not procedural as per the law
- According to him, there was a public holiday legally gazetted for the deputy president’s inauguration at the Kenyatta Internation Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi
- Despite acting Interior CS Musalia Mudavadi declaring a public holiday, the activist argues that he (Mudavadi) was not lawfully nominated to have such power
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Nairobi—An activist has moved to court challenging the legality of Deputy President Kindiki Kithure’s swearing-in.
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Through lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, activist Joseph Aura states that Kindiki’s inauguration was a sham because there was no lawfully declared public holiday on the day he took the oath.
The activist wants the court to quash Kindiki’s nomination and subsequent installation as the country’s third deputy president.
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According to him, acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi had no powers to declare November 1, the day Kindiki was purportedly sworn into office, as a public holiday.
He argues that Mudavadi was not lawfully appointed as the Interior CS.
“Gazette Notice 14101 published on the night of 31st October 2024 by Hon. Musalia Mudavadi purporting to declare 1st November 2024 as a public holiday in Kenya without any statutory powers conferred on him under the Public Holidays Act, and having never Constitutionally ascended to, or been lawfully appointed as the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior and National Administration Kenya in any capacity, breached Article 2(2) of the Constitution of Kenya”, said Aura in court papers.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
