PRESS STATEMENT BY SENATOR OKIYA OMTATAH ON THE PUBLIC DEBT CASE RULING
Fellow Kenyans,
Today, the High Court delivered an important ruling in our public debt case.
The Court upheld the @IMFNews claim of diplomatic immunity and struck it out of this petition. While we respect the Court’s decision, accountability for Kenya’s debt burden cannot end there.
We are preparing a separate legal challenge to the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 1963, against the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to ensure all actors involved in Kenya’s debt processes are subjected to proper scrutiny.
Most importantly, the Court rejected attempts by the Attorney General and other respondents to have this case dismissed. The judges ruled that our petition will proceed to a full hearing on its merits.
The Court also dismissed applications by the former Auditor General, former Controller of Budget, the current Auditor General, and the current Controller of Budget seeking to shield themselves from these proceedings.
This is a significant victory for transparency, accountability, and the Kenyan people.
We will amend our petition as directed by the Court and return on 22nd July 2026. Our mission remains unchanged: to establish how Kenya accumulated trillions in public debt, how the funds were utilized , whether the public benefited and whether the law was followed at every stage.
This case is about protecting the future of our nation and the interests of every Kenyan taxpayer.
We remain focused, determined, and committed to seeing it through.
God Bless Kenya.
#DeniBandia #OdiousDebt
This guy was a top lecturer & the Dean of the Faculty of Law at UON for 25 yrs.
He was active in pro-democracy movement in the 1990s before being elected Member of Parliament for Makueni in 2002, he subsequently served as a Cabinet Minister & later as a presidential adviser under Mwai Kibaki.
In 2013 he became the first Governor of Makueni County & served two terms until 2022. His leadership was widely recognized for strong public participation, prudent financial management, universal healthcare initiatives & agricultural value-addition projects.
After serving so well he then quietly returned to class in 2024 to teach law.
If we were looking for a good president in 2022, this was the guy.✅