Appeals Court declines to suspend ruling requiring President Ruto to reconstitute Cabinet over two-thirds gender rule
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The Court of Appeal has declined to certify as urgent an application by the Attorney General seeking to suspend a High Court judgment declaring Kenya’s Cabinet unconstitutional for failing to comply with the two-thirds gender rule.
The appellate court instead directed the parties to serve and exchange submissions within 30 days, as the state challenges the June 30 judgment requiring the government to ensure Cabinet appointments comply with the constitutional gender requirement within 120 days.
The Attorney General is challenging the decision by a three-judge High Court bench that found the Cabinet’s composition in violation of Article 27(8) of the Constitution, which requires that no more than two-thirds of members of appointive bodies be of the same gender.