Koome appoints three-judge bench to decide if MPs broke law in CDF push

Chief Justice Martha Koome during the swearing-in of IEBC commissioners at the Supreme Court on July 11, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Chief Justice Martha Koome has appointed a three-judge bench to hear a petition challenging Members of Parliament’s bid to entrench the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) into the Constitution.

In a notice, Koome named Justices Eric Ogola (Presiding), Hillary Chemitei, and Patricia Nyaundi to determine the petition filed by Katiba Institute and there, which argues that the process to amend the Constitution is unconstitutional and fatally flawed.