Gikonyo & another v National Assembly of Kenya & 4 others; Council of Governors & 3 others (Interested Parties) (Petition 178 of 2016) [2016] KEHC 4450 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (4 July 2016) (Ruling)

Citation: Gikonyo & another v National Assembly of Kenya & 4 others; Council of Governors & 3 others (Interested Parties) [2016] KEHC 4450 (KLR)
Media Neutral Citation: [2016] KEHC 4450 (KLR)
Court: High Court
Court station: High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
Outcome: Court issues further directions
Case number: Petition 178 of 2016
Alternative citations: Wanjiru Gikonyo & another v National Assembly of Kenya & 8 others [2016] eKLR
Judges: JL Onguto
Judgment date: 4 July 2016
Language: English
Type: Judgment

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Date published: 30 January 2026
Case action: Ruling
Court division: Constitutional and Human Rights
Filing county: Nairobi

Order: By way of disposal, I make the following orders a. Pending hearing and disposal of this Petition the Cabinet Secretary, Treasury or his successor in office is barred from releasing to the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF) any amount exceeding or over and above the amount of Kshs. 25,000,000,000/= during the financial year 2016/2017. b. The Petition herein is certified under Article 165(4) of the Constitution as raising substantial questions of law and is to be transmitted to the Office of the Chief Justice to enable his Lordship the Chief Justice to RULING- PET. 178 OF 201634 constitute an uneven bench of not less than three judges to hear and determine the Petition.

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