Julius Ogogoh the executive director of the Commission for Human Rights filed the case saying their appointment has a negative effect as it will disable the opposition from discharging its oversight role on the operation of the government.
He argues that the opposition has a constitutional and parliamentary duty to offer checks and balances and in particular to oversight the actions of the government.
“Their appointment conflicts with their constitutional duty bestowed upon the opposition party by Kenyans and the Constitution to oversight the government and to provide checks and balances," said Ogogoh.
He explained that their inclusion is insensitive and unnecessary to the economic times the country is undergoing since it will automatically occasion by-elections in their respective places.
Law Society of Kenya
The High Court will also issue directions in a case in which the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) sued the state, claiming it intends to spend a Sh7.7 billion grant donated by the United States of America without scrutiny or legal oversight.
LSK says the government has established an agency, the Kenya Millennium Development Fund (KMDF), to operate the grant and has already advertised for goods, services, and consultancies worth Sh1.2 billion.
The society further stated that KMDF had created an account away from what the law requires about utilisation of the grant released last year.
Those sued in the matter are the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, the Attorney General, KMDF, and the United States of America agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
