The High court has declared the Privatization Act signed into law by President William Ruto unconstitutional and void for lack of adequate public participation.
Justice Chacha Mwita on Tuesday agreed with the submissions made by the Orange Democratic party that filed the case, saying the Act made it easier to sell state enterprises to private companies without allowing the public to give its views.
"KICC is a national monument that needs to be protected and the decision to privatize it is unconstitutional, null and void," he said. On November 2023, the National Treasury announced plans to privatise 11 entities on grounds that some of the parastatals made losses despite immense funding by the government.
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