Why Judiciary has rejected some laws by Parliament

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s signing of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Bill into law was a step in the right direction. However, there are concerns over a few disputed sections in the new law, which may see it suffer the same fate as the Security laws, and more recently, the Tax Procedure Act that were rejected by the Judiciary.

In the mentioned instances, the Judiciary argued that the laws were infringing on the constitutional rights of Kenyans. Many Bills generated by Parliament have ended up in the dustbin because they are hurriedly packaged, thereby overlooking some important aspects of lawmaking.