{"id":103271,"date":"2024-11-25T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/court-suspends-privileges-granted-to-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:03:26","slug":"court-suspends-privileges-granted-to-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/court-suspends-privileges-granted-to-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Court suspends privileges granted to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The High Court has issued a conservatory order temporarily suspending the privileges and immunities granted to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under Kenya\u2019s Privileges and Immunities Act, following a petition by the Law Society of Kenya.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the Milimani High Court ruled that the privileges conferred will remain suspended pending the hearing and determination of the application filed by the LSK.<\/p>\n<p>The legal notice, signed by Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi in September this year granted the Foundation exemptions typically reserved for diplomatic missions and international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The LSK has contested the legal validity of the Gazette Notice, arguing that it undermines public interest and constitutional principles.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves the State Law Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and three other respondents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Foundation and its officers have been barred from exercising any privileges under the contested agreement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court has issued a conservatory order temporarily suspending the privileges and immunities granted to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under Kenya\u2019s Privileges and Immunities Act, following a petition by the Law Society of Kenya. Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the Milimani High Court ruled that the privileges conferred will remain suspended pending the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}