The controversial election laws that were passed by Parliament have been gazetted.
The laws were published on Thursday after President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to assent to the Bill or reject it within 14 days as required by law.
The Bills were delivered to President Kenyatta's desk after they were rushed through Parliament, but he did not assent to them.
"When the Bill was brought to me for signature as President, I was also compelled by my own conscience to go back to the origins of law. If an act of Parliament is a direct expression of the people, are the people happy with the law?" Kenyatta posed in his acceptance speech after he was declared the President-elect.
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The action by the Jubilee faction has been met with resistance from the Opposition coalition and lawsuits have been filed to stop the implementation of the controversial amendments.
On Thursday, two lobby groups; AFRICOG and Katiba Institute moved to the High Court seeking to suspend execution of the amendments of the Election laws.
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Similarly, on Tuesday, human rights activist Okiya Omtatah moved to the court seeking to have the electoral laws passed by Jubilee legislators quashed.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, Omtatah stated: "We want the court to quash these laws..they have already become law."
The laws were passed by Jubilee-allied lawmakers after National Super Alliance (NASA) legislators abandoned the parliamentary proceedings, terming them 'a mockery'.
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