Advocate of the High Court Ndegwa Njiru is set to file a petition challenging President William Ruto’s directive on abolishment of vetting process to obtain ID’s for residents in the North Eastern region.
The city lawyer who termed the declaration by the president as ‘a road side declaration’ said he is ready to challenge it in court and ensure the requirement is returned.
“Fellow Kenyans I volunteer to challange in Court this outrageous road side declaration by Ruto that has revoked the requiment to vet those individuals living around our porous bounders before acquiring the ID,” Njiru stated
Ndegwa said the declaration will destroy the country with an influx of Al Shabaab militia and other illegal immigrants.
The city advocate quotes section six of the constitution urging that it allows vetting process for ID application in some areas.
Ndegwa’s promise to file a petition comes hours after Mumias East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya also promised to table a motion scrapping the executive order signed by the president.
Salasya said when the parliament resumes next week, he will rally youthful parliamentarians to oppose the declaration and form the official opposition.
“I will table a motion to denounce Ruto’s policy. The parliament has power to do that,” he stated.
Advisors of president Ruto have been blamed over the signed executive order with Security experts say the abolishment posses a security thret to the country
“The abolishment posses a major security threat to the country especially from the Al Shabaab. It will be easy for criminals to get IDs and operate illegally in the country,” Security experts George Musamali posses.
Musamali says it will also have an impact on the social and economic security as the country will be struggling with to cater for a population that’s not contributing to the growth of the economy.
While in Wajir, Ruto signed an executive order scrapping the six decade ID vetting requirement.
Political analysts say it is a move by the president Ruto to secure the voting bloc as he plans to secure a second term with the region which has always been considered an opposition bloc.
