While declining the request by the National Assembly and Senate to stop the planned protests, dubbed Occupy Parliament, the judge said he could not make an order against a person or agency which is not party to the court case.
The National Assembly and Senate made the request during the mention of various petitions filed in relation to Chief Justice David Maraga’s advisory on dissolution of Parliament for failure to enact the two-thirds gender rule.
The High Court has declined a request to stop the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) from conducting planned protests to occupy Parliament Buildings next week.
Justice Weldon Korir said the lawyers’ lobby group should not be stopped from exercising its right to demonstrate provided that the protesters do it in accordance with the law.
