Nairobi, March 25 -- The High Court has declared sections of the Government Proceedings Act, which requires litigants to notify the Attorney General before filing suits against the government or its agencies, unconstitutional.

Terming Section 13a and Section 21 as a colonial relic that has no place in modern society, Justice Nixon Sifuna ruled that no notice shall be required before instituting a case or permission before executing a judgement or decree against the government or its agencies.

The judge said the laws frustrate rather than facilitate the processing and expeditious disposal of cases

"The legislation is an archaic colonial outfit that inadvertently escaped the post-2010 legal reforms that sought to align the laws with the ...