Case against promulgation of Kenyan new law postponed

Written By:Dzuya Walter , Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2010

The case in which a Kenyan voter is seeking to have the promulgation of the new constitution postponed failed to kick off Friday after the Attorney General and the Interim Independent Electoral Commission told the court that they were not ready to proceed with the matter.

Mary Ariviza who was a church agent at Muthangari Polling Station on Thursday filed a case seeking to stop the promulgation of the new constitution.

She wants the much awaited for ceremony be put on claiming the publication of the results of the referendum in the Kenya gazette on August 6 was not done according to the law.

According to Ariviza , the notice purports to be a certificate of results of the referendum yet it does not conform to the schedule of referendum regulations.

Kenyans overwhelmingly voted for the new law on August 4 and it will be promulgated on August 27 by the President at a public function at Uhuru Park.