Dear Hon @KuriaKimaniMP: COFEK was duly scheduled to appear in the National Assembly’s public participation exercise on the Finance Bill 2026. We have since learnt that the proceedings have been relocated from Parliament Buildings to Glee Hotel [[owned by one Ms Mary Wambui Mungai who is public domain that she doesn’t pay her taxes] along the Northern Bypass, a privately-owned commercial establishment.
We formally decline to appear at any venue outside Parliament or its designated public facilities, and state our legal grounds as follows:
1.Constitutional Breach — Article 118 of the Constitution obligates Parliament to facilitate public participation in an open and accessible manner. Relocating proceedings to a private hotel, without public notice explaining the circumstances, fatally undermines this constitutional mandate and creates conditions that are neither neutral nor accessible to all stakeholders.
2.Conflict of Interest — Directing public funds to a private hospitality venue raises immediate questions of procurement propriety under the Public Finance Management Act and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act. Where the proprietor of that establishment faces unresolved tax compliance questions, the conflict is compounded.
3.Wasteful Expenditure — Parliament has at its disposal Bunge Towers, procured at public expense for precisely such legislative business. Bypassing this public infrastructure to pay commercial rates at a private hotel constitutes wasteful and irregular expenditure contrary to Article 201(d) of the Constitution.
4.Interference with Public Participation — The last-minute venue change, without adequate notice to all registered participants, effectively disenfranchises stakeholders and taints the integrity of the Finance Bill 2026 public participation process. Any legislative outcome premised on a flawed process is legally vulnerable to constitutional challenge.
TAKE NOTICE that COFEK reserves its right to petition the High Court to nullify any proceedings conducted under these irregular circumstances, and to seek orders compelling Parliament to conduct genuine, Constitution-compliant public participation. Be accordingly and severally informed @HonWetangula@NAssemblyKE@NACommitteeKE@Senate_KE@HonAmasonKingi@KIMANIICHUNGWAH@Aaroncheruiyot@EACCKenya@katibainstitute@OkiyaOmtatah@ckanjama@lawsocietykenya@PPRAKenya
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