Okiya fights US-Kenya health pact over sovereignty and data concerns

President William Ruto witnesses the signing the Kenya– US Health Cooperation Framework by Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington DC, United States, on December 4 /PCS

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has filed a petition at the High Court seeking to nullify the Kenya–United States Health Cooperation Framework, warning that the deal threatens Kenya’s sovereignty, fiscal integrity, data security and citizens’ right to health.

Filed on Monday at the Constitutional and Human Rights Division in Nairobi, the petition asks the court to suspend and ultimately void the framework, signed on December 4 in Washington DC by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi for Kenya and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.