{"id":16626,"date":"2024-10-31T13:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=16626"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:45:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:45:35","slug":"3-judge-bench-approves-kindiki-swearing-in-as-dp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=16626","title":{"rendered":"3-Judge Bench Approves Kindiki Swearing In as DP."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/images-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16627\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The High Court in Nairobi lifted the conservatory orders that had halted the appointment and swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as deputy president, succeeding Rigathi Gachagua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three-judge panel, comprising Justices Eric Ogolla, Anthony Mrima, and Fridah Mugambi, stated that maintaining the conservatory orders would significantly obstruct governmental functions as outlined in the constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Anthony Mrima highlighted that, given public interest and constitutional requirements, it was essential that the office of the deputy president not remain unfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are convinced that the current constitutional framework does not permit the office of the DP to remain vacant, except for a brief period necessary to fill a vacancy,\u201d said Justice Mrima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was reached as part of a hearing on an application filed by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua&#8217;s legal team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Eric Ogolla announced, &#8220;The applications for conservatory orders are hereby dismissed. The conservatory orders issued on October 18, 2024, by the Kerugoya High Court are now discharged and set aside.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling followed an appeal from lawyers representing the National Assembly, led by former Attorney General Githu Muigai, urging the court to clear the way for the swearing-in process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court in Nairobi lifted the conservatory orders that had halted the appointment and swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as deputy president, succeeding Rigathi Gachagua. The three-judge panel, comprising Justices Eric Ogolla, Anthony Mrima, and Fridah Mugambi, stated that maintaining the conservatory orders would significantly obstruct governmental functions as outlined in the constitution. Justice Anthony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/images-5.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16628,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626\/revisions\/16628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}