A legal challenge has been launched against Kenya's newly enacted Privatization Act, 2025, with petitioners seeking its suspension. They argue the Act is unconstitutional, lacks proper public participation, and threatens national sovereignty by allowing unchecked privatization of public assets.

• The Privatization Act, 2025 came into force on November 4, 2025, after presidential assent on October 15, 2025.
• Omar Faruk Maalim and Abdulhakim Dahir Sheikh filed the petition, naming the National Assembly, the Attorney General, and the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning as respondents.
• Petitioners claim the Act grants excessive and unchecked powers to the Cabinet Secretary for the Treasury to identify and determine public entities for privatization, bypassing parliamentary oversight.