Court allows Omtatah’s Sh7tn public debt case to proceed
The court also directed that the petition be amended before the matter proceeds...
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The High Court has allowed Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah's petition challenging Kenya's public debt to proceed, dismissing attempts to have it thrown out.
- The case challenges approximately Sh7 trillion in public debt accumulated over the past decade.
- Key respondents include the former Auditor General, former Controller of Budget, the current Auditor General, and the current Controller of Budget.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was granted diplomatic immunity and struck from the case, but Omtatah plans a separate challenge to the Bretton Woods Agreements Act.
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