NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – The High Court has declined to suspend the Linda Mwananchi Movement’s National Delegates Conference (NDC), even as it certified as urgent a fresh application seeking to overturn a tribunal decision that allowed the meeting to proceed.
In directions issued on Friday, the court declined to grant interim orders stopping the conference at the initial stage, saying it could not examine the challenge without being furnished with the ruling delivered by the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) on Thursday, November 12.
The court directed that the application be served on all respondents and interested parties before the matter returns for further directions and possible hearing on November 16.
“That the motion is certified as urgent. Let it be served upon the Respondents and the Interested Party forthwith,” the court ordered.
However, the judge declined to issue the conservatory orders sought by the applicant, noting that the tribunal’s decision, which forms the basis of the appeal, had not been presented before the court.
“That the court further notes absence of the impugned ruling of the PPDT delivered yesterday, 12/11/2026, and subject of the motion before court,” the directions stated.
The court added that without the contested ruling, it was unable to interrogate the tribunal’s decision and determine whether interim intervention was warranted at that stage.
