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The Supreme Court will now have a final say on a stubborn matter that has dogged three regimes, the validity of the Standard Gauge Railway contract.
On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed an appeal by Kenya Railways challenging Court of Appeal's finding that the contract signed in late President Mwai Kibaki's regime was unconstitutional to proceed to a full hearing.
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah had asked Justices Mwilu, Mohammed Ibrahim, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung'u and William Ouko to strike out the case as it had not been sanctioned by an authorized signatory of the board.
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