A newly built educational complex at Karapul Primary School. The project is funded by the National Government Constituency Development Fund. [ Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

The legal battle over the constitutionality of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is set to intensify after Members of Parliament vowed to challenge the court’s decision.

High Court judges Kanyi Kimondo and Roselyn Aburili on Friday sounded the death knell for the 20-year-old kitty by declaring it unconstitutional. In a swoop, the action of the court cut the MPs to size by taking away a tool sometimes used to reward supporters and punish critics.

But a day later, constellations from legislators took centre-stage as Parliament issued a statement communicating its resolve to challenge the ruling, whose ripple effect would be MPs not accessing the billions allocated to the fund from June 30, next year.

In a statement released after the ruling, The National Assembly stated that a legal team representing it had requested a copy of the judgement and court proceedings to challenge the decision at the Court of Appeal.

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