Ruto revives questions on Executive, Judiciary tensions as Kenya marks Katiba Day The president questions Judiciary’s role in government policies. News 19 min ago

President William Ruto has questioned how much “constitutional space” an elected government should have to implement the manifestos on which it won power, in remarks that could reignite debate over the Judiciary’s role in reviewing some of his administration’s flagship policies.

Speaking Thursday during the commemoration of Katiba Day in Nairobi, the Head of State wondered where the line should be drawn between judicial review of government action and policy choices that, under the constitution, belong to elected institutions.

Several of these flagship programmes have, however, faced legal challenges, putting the courts and the Kenya Kwanza administration on opposite sides of questions involving constitutional rights, public finance and the limits of executive power.