The case challenging the appointment of Professor Kithure Kindiki as the Deputy President of Kenya has taken a new twist after the High Court referred the case to Chief Justice Martha Koome to constitute a bench that will hear and determine the matter.
CJ Koome is now expected to constitute a bench that will hear and determine the matter which Justice Bahati Mwamunye believes raises key questions.
According to Mwamuye, the petitioner Joseph Enoch Aura raised some weighty issues in his detailed petition which need the scrutiny and mind of more than one judge. "I hereby certify the amended petition as such.
I also note that it delves into issues pending before a three-judge bench of the High Court.