The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has lost its bid to have its case challenging the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) during June last year's Finance Bill demonstrations heard by a three-judge bench.
This is after Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that LSK has not met the threshold required for empanelment of a three-judge bench.
As a result, the application to refer the matter to Chief Justice Martha Koome to form a bench to hear and determine the petition was rejected.
The judge emphasized that the issues raised, while important, did not present complex constitutional questions warranting determination by a bench of more than one judge. "I find that the petitioners (LSK) have not demonstrated exceptional circumstances or weighty constitutional matters that would justify the formation of a three-judge bench.
