In a case I filed alongside BERNARD MUCHIRI MUCHERE and NAOMI NYAKERARIO MISATI challenging the constitutionality of privatising the Kenya Pipeline Company @kenyapipeline the High Court has explicitly preserved one substantive question for determination on merit:
"Whether the Privatisation of KPC, being primarily driven by IMF loan conditionalities and not an independent sovereign determination of public interest, violates the sovereignty of the people (Article 1), national values of patriotism (Article 10) and constitutes an unlawful abduction of state authority to an external entity."
The Court also directed the Government to produce, within 21 days, important documents relating to the privatisation. The Court has effectively invited the Petitioners to prove, through documentary evidence, that the privatisation was not a sovereign policy choice but a coerced compliance with IMF conditionalities, hence, a violation of Article 2(6) of the Constitution.
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It is a mockery of public finance for international lenders to feign shock at Kenya's lack of spending plans now, after years of rubber-stamping illegal, opaque loans that bypassed constitutional oversight and pushed our nation into a debt trap. @WorldBankGroup@WorldBankAfrica #denibandia #OdiousDebtKe
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
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Kenyans are being asked to pay more taxes through the Finance Bill 2026, yet the 2026/27 Budget hides KSh 101.37 billion under a vague item called “Other Operating Expenses.” No programme. No purpose. No accountability.
Before taxing Kenyans another shilling, Parliament must clean up the budget. We cannot finance opacity with taxpayers’ sweat.
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#StopBudgetedCorruption
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This afternoon at 2:00 PM, I will address the country on a petition I have filed before the Judicial Service Commission seeking the removal of three Court of Appeal judges.
The issues at stake go to the heart of justice, accountability, and fidelity to our Constitution.
📍 Taj Tower, Upper Hill, Nairobi
🕑 2:00 PM
I invite the media and all Kenyans interested in the rule of law to follow this important address.
Nearly half of Kenya’s projected FY 2026/2027 budget will go to debt servicing instead of development.
Out of the Ksh 4.82 trillion budget, taxpayers will pay approximately Ksh 2.3 trillion toward debt obligations, including Ksh 1.3 trillion consumed purely by loan interest payments before meaningful development spending even begins.
Under Kenyan law, debt repayment is a “first charge” on national revenue. Creditors are paid first, before hospitals, schools, counties, agriculture, or public services.
At the same time, Kenya continues borrowing heavily to repay maturing loans and cover budget deficits. The public debt has now risen to approximately Ksh 12.4 trillion, while ordinary citizens continue facing unemployment, high taxation, failing services, and rising economic hardship.
Kenyans must ask:
Who borrowed this money?
Were all these loans borrowed procedurally as per the constitution?
Who benefited?
Why should citizens repay debts arising from corruption, secrecy, inflated contracts, and mismanagement?
An odious debt is not a people’s debt. It is a regime debt.
This constitutional and economic battle continues in court.
The matter comes up on 25th June 2026 at the Milimani Law Courts.
Kenyans must remain vigilant. This fight is about economic justice, accountability, and the future of our Republic. #DeniBandia #OdiousDebt #ReKe
Because odious debt threatens powerful interests.
The moment you question who borrowed, who benefited, and why Kenyans must suffer for corrupt debt, you stop being “acceptable” to the political and financial establishment. Silence becomes a strategy.
But truth does not need favourable headlines to survive. The case is in court. The evidence exists. History will record who defended Kenyans and who defended debt cartels.
Linda Mwanaichi should go to Parliament and the Senate to start the impeachment process against Ruto. Even if they fail to reach the required quorum, it’s important for us to know which MPs and Senators stand with the people and which ones will side with the oppressor, Ruto.