Activist Okiya Omtatah has yet again moved to court seek for an interim order suspending the implementation of the 2018 Finance Act that was signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday last week.
Omtatah claims that the Act was enacted in violation of express provisions of the Constitution.
He argues that the Finance Bill died the moment it was declared that those members of Parliament opposed to the president’s amendments had failed to raise the requisite numbers.
He claims that the Speaker of National Assembly was wrong to thereafter present a “dead” Bill to the president for assent, further arguing that the implementation of the said Act will be a major violation of the Constitution.
Omtatah also states that where Parliament partially or fully rejects the President’s reservations, and the Bill is not supported by a majority of two thirds of the Members of Parliament, the Bill dies and cannot be presented to the President for assent to become law.
The activist has always been on the forefront defending Kenyans whenever the government does something he considers to be a violation of the constitution.
He has acquired several court orders i his petitions and now Kenyans hope that he succeeds this time round.
Last week Kenyans on social media came into an agreement of contributing money for Omtatah which they claimed would be used as bus fare and photocopying expenses.