BBI secretariat has promised to head to the Supreme Court to appeal on the judgment that nullified constitutional amendments.
Junet Mohamed and his counterpart Denis Waweru will now join Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki in appealing against the court of appeal’s decision to uphold the high court’s ruling.
This comes days after President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM Raila Odinga conceded defeat on constitutional change and decided to move on.
“Since the ruling, the country has been split. Some have called on us to allow the decision to be final. Some of those calling for an end have done so in the belief that we can visit these issues another day and possibly after the General Election. But there are also self-serving calls, instigated by anti-BBI crusaders,” Waweru said.
Junet and waweru argued that BBI was supported by more than 4 million Kenyans hence their decision to pursue the matter at the Supreme Court.
“As promoters of the BBI Bill, we have weighed the options, suggestions and reasons since last Friday. The overriding sentiment is that we must pursue this matter to the very end. We believe the Supreme Court judges can steer the country towards unity and growth in times of national crisis as the one we are heading into now,” Waweru added.
“We want to keep pushing because we are determined to ensure some of the proposals in the BBI are not lost,” Junet said.
On August 20, 2021, Court of Appeal President Justice Daniel Musinga, alongside Justices Hannah Okwengu, Patrick Kiage, Fatuma Sichale, Gatembu Kairu, Roselyne Nambuye and Francis Tuyyoit upheld the judgment of the High Court that declared the BBI process unconstitutional.
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