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Top court blocks Kenyan President’s bid to change the constitution

By France24
04 April 2022   |   5:00 am
Kenya's top court blocks President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to change the constitution. The controversial "Building Bridges Initiative" was proposed as a way to make politics more inclusive, but judges ruled it to be unconstitutional.

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