Kenya has appealed against a new constitutional amendment to the BBI | The story of Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya’s Supreme Court last month ruled that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid to change the law was unfair.

The Kenyan government has protested a to judge by the country’s Supreme Court last month that ruled that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposed constitutional amendment was unacceptable.

A change in the law – known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) – was shot down by a court on May 14, much to the dismay of Kenyatta and his allies in demanding a change in next year’s elections.

In a judgment seat filed in court on Wednesday, Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto said the five-member bench had “erred” in recognizing that the president did not have the legal capacity to make such changes.

The Supreme Court that Kenyatta could be re-indicted on false charges was not valid, the attorney general said in a statement issued by the AFP news agency.

The appellate court will begin the hearing on June 29.

The BBI’s idea is primarily to develop leaders in what its opponents say is a way to end electoral violence in Kenya, a problem that has been blamed for the successful elections.

It will establish 70 new constituencies, restore cabinet positions to elected members of parliament, and perform a number of powerful positions: prime minister, two ministers and a parliamentary opposition leader.

This came as a result of an alliance between Kenyatta and his political rival Raila Odinga after the 2017 general election between the men who exploded.

The BBI has been approved by parliament and has been in control of Kenyan politics ever since, and it appeared on the front pages of newspapers where Kenyatta and Odinga visited the country to encourage support for the project, even in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic.

Opponents see the move as an attempt to make Kenyatta’s prime minister, who is not allowed to run for a third term in 2022.

His successor William Ruto – who was widely nominated to replace Kenyatta in 2022 – opposes the change and was ousted when the President formed a political alliance with Odinga.

Some have argued that pursuing such a change would burden the already indebted country because it could boost parliamentary finances by raising huge sums of money and creating more opportunities for security and bribery.

Speaking on television on Tuesday, Kenyatta said the Supreme Court’s challenge to the BBI was “an attempt to suppress public interest”.