Why High Court judges gave the Housing levy a clean bill of health

from left to right: Justices Josephine Mong'are, Olga Sewe and John Chigiti during a ruling declaring the Housing Levy is constitutional, at Milimani Law Court on October 22, 2024. 

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President William Ruto received a major boost on Tuesday after the High Court gave his pet project- the affordable housing programme- a clean bill of health by dismissing six petitions challenging the Affordable Housing Act.

A bench of three judges of the court ruled that the Act met the required threshold of public participation before it was enacted in March this year.

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