President Uhuru Kenyatta’s affordable housing agenda has been left in limbo.
This is after his administration’s efforts to have the orders barring the collection of House Levy hit the rock.
The court on Thursday declined to lift orders barring Housing Levy Fund collection, reinstating the hearing date of May 20.
Justice Maureen Onyango sent the parties in the suit back to the drawing board for widened consultations.
The court heard that the parties only got urgent calls to appear in court for expediting hearing and conclusion of the case.
They were told that the judge had to inform the parties of the existing two letters from the Office of the Attorney General urging the court to hasten the hearing.
The court however indicated that dealing expeditiously with the matter would not be possible as FKE disowned the purported consent filed by the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU).
It had sought to have the matter withdrawn saying they were never consulted when the consent was being drawn.
COTU’s consent which was the basis of the AG urgent call to have the matter completed has however not adopted by the court.
President Kenyatta is Currently in China with his AU Envoy Raila Odinga in which they are expected to negotiate another loan deal for the extension of SGR railway to Kisumu from Naivasha.
They are expected to acquire Ksh 368 billion from China for the project. Do you think the money will be used in the right way now that Raila who has been a big critic is part of the deal?