The High Court has given the government one last chance to prove it canceled the KETRACO tender awarded to the Adani Group.
When the case came up before Justice Bahati Mwamuye today, the government admitted it still hadn’t filed proof of the cancellation. They asked for more time to submit their responses.
Granting the request, the court ruled: “The respondents, particularly the first respondent, are granted a final opportunity to file and serve their responses to the application and petition. They must do so by August 1 this year.”
Justice Mwamuye warned that if the Attorney General’s office misses the August 1 deadline, the court will move forward with a full hearing.
The next mention is set for October 27, when the court will also decide whether to allow additional parties to join the case.
The controversy traces back to November last year, when President William Ruto directed the Transport and Energy ministries to scrap two major deals with India’s Adani Group – a Ksh260 billion plan to upgrade JKIA under a 30-year concession and a Sh95 billion power transmission project, both structured as public-private partnerships (PPPs).
The High Court had earlier blocked the agreements with a temporary order, siding with the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), which sued over claims of flawed public consultation and inadequate due diligence. The LSK contends the deals bypassed constitutional safeguards for transparency and fiscal accountability.
