Nairobi, March 23 -- A Senator has vowed to move to court to challenge the push by President William Ruto to sell parastatals without the approval of Parliament as opposition MPs prepare to fight changes to the law in the House.

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah said he will move to court next week to stop the Privatisation Bill, 2023, arguing Parliament has become "extremely transactional" and succumbed to the whims of the Executive.

The Cabinet on Tuesday backed the Bill for tabling in the National Assembly. The Bill gives the Treasury unchecked powers in the privatisation plan.

The Bill gives power to the National Treasury to privatise public-owned enterprises without the approval of Parliament, describing an early process seeking the leg...