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Kenya to appeal to Supreme Court over constitutional reforms

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The Kenyan government said on Friday it will go to the country's top court to challenge a ruling that halted President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to change the constitution, a source of growing controversy ahead of next year's polls.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives to attend a visit and a dinner at the Orsay Museum on the eve of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

But a High Court in Nairobi in May ruled that the proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were illegal and that Kenyatta could himself face legal action for launching the process. It said Kenyatta had no right to initiate the changes, which could have dramatically shifted the political landscape with less than a year before the country votes in August 9 presidential and parliamentary elections.

The proposed reforms came about following a rapprochement between Kenyatta and his erstwhile opponent Raila Odinga and a famous handshake between the two men after post-election fighting in 2017 claimed dozens of lives.

 

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