Big blow to State and churches as court reinstates controversial guidelines on abortion

Members of Sozo Church of God who are opposed to abortion carry placards outside the Milimani law courts.

The High Court’s verdict reinstating 2012 safe abortion guidelines has reopened debate on whether abortion is legal in the country.

Although a five-judge bench composed of Justices Lydiah Achode, Mumbi Ngugi, Aggrey Muchelule, George Odunga and John Mativo declared that the Constitution outlawed abortion, they found that the withdrawal of the guidelines as illegal and unconstitutional.