Kenya: Lobby Group Files Petition Over Plan to Entrench NG-CDF & Other Funds to Constitution

The National Assembly was on Friday, May 2, taken to court by the Katiba Institute and other civil society organisations over the recent plan to amend the Constitution through the introduction of three contentious funds.

Through a press release, Katiba announced it had filed a petition at the High Court challenging the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2025, that seeks to introduce the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), the Senate Oversight Fund (SOF), and the…