High Court Judge Bahati Mwamuye has declined to issue interim orders in a petition filed by lawyer Lempaa Suyiaka seeking to stop political parties from holding meetings and activities at State House Nairobi.
The judge instead directed that the matter be heard and determined on its merits.
In the petition, Suyiaka argues that the use of State House and other public facilities for partisan political activities violates the Constitution and amounts to misuse of public resources.
He is asking the court to declare such conduct unconstitutional and to order political parties involved to reimburse the State for any public funds spent during the meetings.
When the matter came up before the court, Justice Mwamuye declined to grant conservatory orders restraining political parties from accessing State House.
The court, however, issued directions for the expeditious hearing of both the application and the substantive petition.
The judge directed the petitioner to serve all the respondents with the application, the petition and the court’s directions, in both hard copy and soft copy, by close of business on February 13, 2026, and to file an affidavit of service thereafter.
The respondents were ordered to file and serve their responses to both the application and the petition by February 27, 2026.
The petitioner will then have until March 6, 2026 to file and serve a rejoinder, if necessary.
Justice Mwamuye scheduled the matter for mention on March 13, 2026 to confirm compliance and issue further directions.
