A team of lawyers has filed a petition seeking to stop President William Ruto from assenting the controversial Finance Bill, 2024 into law. The petitioners want the court to stop the president Ruto from signing the bill pending hearing and determination of the application.
The lawyers, Kibe Mungai, Ndegwa Njiru, Fanya Mambo Kinuthia, Peter Koira, Lempaa Suiyianka and Mt.Kenya Jurist Association are also challenging the budget-making process for the coming Financial Year arguing that it was unlawful and was marred by controversy and political contests.
“The budget-making process has been vitiated by the involvement and dictation of the policy preferences and agenda of foreign governments and corporations spearheaded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has taken effective control of Kenya’s National Treasury to the detriment of the sovereignty of the Kenyan people in matters of public finance,” they petitioners presented.
