The Court of Appeal (COA) dealt a blow to President William Ruto's objectives to sell some public parastatals to private investors after it dismissed an application to suspend a High Court's decision declaring the Privatisation Act 2023 unconstitutional.
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetangula, filed an appeal at the Appellate Court following a High Court's decision declaring the Privatisation Act 2023 unconstitutional in September 2024.
In its ruling, the Court of Appeal upheld the earlier High Court orders, including the suspension of the planned sale of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
The latest ruling means that the earlier decision declaring KICC a national monument and a symbol of national heritage-whose proposed sale would violate constitutional and cultural rights-will stand.
