Kenyan Court Scuppers President’s Plan to Reshape Government
- Building Bridges Initiative unconstitutional, High Court rules
- Ruling is setback for Kenyatta, though government may appeal
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Kenya’s High Court shot down a plan aimed at restructuring the government to make it more inclusive and avert political violence, and found President Uhuru Kenyatta had acted illegally by driving the initiative.
The so-called Building Bridges Initiative, which was drawn up by Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga and has already been approved by parliament, proposed reintroducing the role of prime minister and two deputies. Its other provisions included allocating a greater share of the budget to the 47 counties and the appointment of an ombudsman to oversee the judiciary.