REPUBLIC OF KENYA High Court at Nairobi (Nairobi Law Courts) Petition 553 of 2012 HON. FERDINAND NDUNG’U WAITITU…...........................................PETITIONER HON. GIDEON KIOKO MBUVI SONKO...............................……2ND PETITIONER MR. BRIAN MBUTHIA GAKERE…………..................................3RD PETITIONER VS. THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL….........................…....…...1ST RESPONDENT MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS….2ND RESPONDENT RULING 1. The Chamber Summons dated 30th November 2012 is seeking conservatory orders to restrain the respondents from implementing the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2012. The Act has now come into force. The ground proffered by the petitioners, who include Members of Parliament, is that the Act, rules and regulations are punitive and draconian and have caused untold suffering to Kenyans and that they have caused pain, suffering and inherent security risks. It is also submitted that the regulations breach the Constitution of Kenya. 2. While I am prepared to certify the matter as urgent, the only issue for consideration is whether I should grant the ex-parte conservatory orders. Admittedly the conservatory orders seek to restrain the enforcement of a law passed by the National Assembly and assented to by His Excellency the President. Under the Constitution, the National Assembly and President exercise delegated sovereign authority of the people delegated to them in enacting laws (See Article 1(3) of the Constitution). It is for this reason that every statute that flows from the legislative process is presumed to be constitutional and valid and unless there are very clear reasons to stay enforcement of the statute, the court will not ordinarily grant conservatory orders. 3. I have perused the Supporting Affidavit of Hon. Ferdinand Ndung’u Waititu sworn on 30th November 2012 and it sets out matters in which I think point to inconvenience of those upon whom the law applies rather than constitutionality which is a matter the court will have the opportunity to take full arguments. 4. It is on the aforesaid grounds that I reject the prayers for ex-parte conservatory relief I direct that the petition and application be served and the same will be fixed for directions and further orders on 6th December 2012. DATED and DELIVERED at NAIROBI this 3rd day of December 2012. D. S. MAJANJA JUDGE Mr E. Ondieki with him Mr Irungu instructed by Ondieki and Ondieki Advocates for the petitioners exparte.
Original judgment
Hon. Ferdinand Ndung’u Waititu & 2 others v The Hon. Attorney General & 1 other
A note on accuracy. These pages are generated automatically from our AI-written case briefs and have not been checked by a lawyer. Case titles and citations come from Kenya Law; the counts, topics, propositions and “treatment” labels are derived from the briefs and can be incomplete or wrong. Use them as a research aid and always read the original judgment before relying on anything here. This is not legal advice.