REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYAAT NAIROBI
(Coram: Mutunga, CJ;Rawal, DCJ;Tunoi, Ibrahim, Ojwang, Wanjala&Ndungu, SCJJ,)
ADVISORY OPINION REFERENCE NO. 2 OF 2013
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THE SPEAKER OF THE SENATE....................................................APPLICANT
THE SENATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA............................APPLICANT
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THE HON. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL......................INTERESTED PARTY
THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY......INTERESTED PARTY
THE LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA..............................................AMICI CURIAE
THE COMMISSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CONSTITUTION........................................................AMICI CURIAE
KATIBA INSTITUTE................................................................AMICI CURIAE
ADVISORY OPINION
A. INTRODUCTION
[1] The Reference herein was occasioned by the act of the Speaker of one parliamentary Chamber, the National Assembly, reversing his action of referring a legislative matter to the ot…