Court silences BBI reggae tune in a landmark 10-hour verdict

President of the Court of appeal Justice Daniel Musinga at the Supreme Court on Friday, August 20, 2021, during the judgement of the BBI appeal case. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The push to change the Constitution through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) ended yesterday in a landmark decision by seven judges of the Court of Appeal that declared the process illegal.

Appellate judges Daniel Musinga, Roseline Nambuye, Hannah Okwengu, Patrick Kiage, Gatembu Kairu, Fatuma Sichale and Francis Tuiyott declared that BBI was an illegal attempt to alter the structure of the Constitution that cannot be subjected to a referendum.