The Supreme Court of Kenya on Thursday ruled that muslim girls cannot wear hijabs in school, a decision that has been criticized widely by religious leaders and professionals.
The ruling has been opposed by Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, who argues that Maraga and his team had defied their religious beliefs.
"As I attend Friday prayers today I reflect on the irony of a Chief Justice who in religious observance of his faith and rightly so will not sit in court and hear a presidential election petition on Saturday but will deny 8-14-year-old girls the constitutional right to wear hijabs," Ahmednasir said.
The Senior counsel who has an outstanding legal experience stated that the ruling infringed on the freedom of expression, religion and that there is no law that prohibits religious wear.
He noted that the US, the apex court had changed its law on headgear to allow Congress Muslim women to wear hijabs.
"The American Congress changed its rules on headgear so that a muslim congresswoman would wear a hijab. Yesterday our own Supreme Court held that the wearing of hijab by 8 to 14 years Muslim pupils is illegal and unconstitutional...what a terrible decision," faulted Ahmednasir.