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Authors:\u00a0KAMAU MUTHONI AND CYRUS OMBATI\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Jubilee government power play between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto has a new theatre: the court.<\/p>\n

After the\u00a0fallout between the two, Ruto is now a lone figure, sidelined in favour of Interior Ministry Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i (pictured<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Through Executive Order No 1 of 2019, President Kenyatta\u00a0technically anointed Matiang\u2019i a Super CS, entrusting him to run his development engine.<\/p>\n

This arguably sank the DP, who was making a killing politically launching or inspecting government projects across the country.<\/p>\n

However, can a love founded in 2013 between the two and now gone sour be restored by the court?<\/p>\n

A case filed before the High Court and seen by\u00a0The Standard<\/em>\u00a0wants Uhuru and Ruto declared constitutionally inseparable so that government functions done without the latter are declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the case filed against Attorney General Kihara Kariuki is seeking a declaration that the Executive Order 1 of 2019 was unconstitutional, as it violated the structure of power set by the Constitution.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0case, which now takes the political drama to a new level, was filed by Chege & Sang Advocates on behalf of two law students – David Chiuri and Daniel Muthengi.<\/p>\n

The two petitioners argue that Matiang\u2019i was junior to Ruto and therefore cannot head the National Development Implementation and Communication Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cPetitioners aver that the derogation of the role of the deputy president and grant of his powers to other officers violates Articles 130 and 147 in the following ways: It purports to derogate the role of the deputy president to deputise the president,\u201d the court papers say.<\/p>\n

They add: \u201cIt purports to negate the mandatory function of the deputy of being the principal assistant of the president, as constitutionally, the principal assistant of the president is the deputy president, and no any other officer can take up the role while the deputy president is in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two argue that the presidency – composed of a president and a deputy – ought to stand until the end of the five-year term handed to the duo in an election.<\/p>\n

They claim that being sidelined even in Cabinet meetings means Ruto has either been sacked by the president or has constructively resigned.<\/p>\n

According to them, the Cabinet therefore cannot legally operate as the Constitution envisages that the president and his deputy are members to complete it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president and deputy president having been elected on one political party were elected by the people of Kenya to exercise their sovereign power jointly and not severally. As such, disregard of the deputy president or withdrawal of the deputy president amounts to breach of trust and abuse of the sovereign people of the Republic of Kenya,\u201d they claim.<\/p>\n

Uhuru handed Matiang\u2019i sweeping powers on the oversight of government programmes, signalling his confidence in the Interior CS in his final term in office that will shape his legacy.<\/p>\n

Matiang\u2019i chairs a key committee on the implementation of development programmes whose membership includes all Cabinet secretaries, the Attorney General and Head of the Public Service, a mandate a government insider said essentially elevated him to a \u201cprime minister or chief minister\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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