The High Court has ordered Government to produce evidence to substantiate claims that President Ruto cancelled Adani-JKIA deal during the 2024 state of Nation Address.
Milimani High Court Judge Bahati Mwamuye issued the directive after Advocate Ezra Makori representing Adani Group said Adani wish to be dispensed with from the proceedings as the projects have since been cancelled by the head of state.
Through Advocates Senior Counsel Kalonzo Musyoka, Kibe Mungai, Dan Maanzo and Eugene Wamalwa, the petitioners said there must be accountability on those who initiated the challenged project before the matter is wished away.
“Public interest litigation such as this has to proceed where controversy has arisen in relation to leasing assets belongs to Kenyans,” they said.
Kibe highlighted that the matter should be pursued to its logical conclusion, since they were also challenging the legitimacy of the numerous elements in the PPP Act that constitute the Adani-JKIA agreement.
“We are discussing high-level corruption.”We need to know what was actually cancelled,” Kalonzo stated.
Mwamuye, while directing that the state present evidence that the transaction had been cancelled, also issued an injunction prohibiting Adani and any other corporation from taking over JKIA pending the outcome of the case in court.
