Nairobi, Dec. 1 -- Hearing of a case lodged by activists challenging legality of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) failed to kick off after one of the judges recused himself.

This came as the court blocked various groups of university and college students from participating in the suit as interested parties on the strength of claims that they have stake in the dispute since they are beneficiaries of the CDF kitty.

The petition filed in 2016 by activists Wanjiru Gikonyo and Cornelius Oduor Opuot was scheduled for hearing before a three-judge bench comprising Justices Kanyi Kimondo, Jairus Ngaah and Roselyne Aburili. The case involves legality of the NG-CDF Act 2015.

But lawyers of the National Assembly led b...