Chief Justice Martha Koome has reconstituted the five-judge bench of the High Court to determine consolidate petitions challenging an advisory by her predecessor David Maraga advising the President to dissolve Parliament.
Maraga in 2020 advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament citing the failure of the Legislature to enact a law giving effect to the two-thirds gender rule principle.
That advisory was challenged by 10 petitions which have since been consolidated.
A five-judge bench was reconstituted on July 31 to determine the consolidated petitions on a priority basis.
Justice Jairus Ngaah will preside over the bench that also has judges Lawrence Mugambi, Patricia Nyaundi, Moses Otieno and Tabitha Wanyama.
The matter will be mentioned before the full bench on September 24, 2024, a communication from the Chief Justice's office said.
