adelleandshaffie2019
adelleandshaffie2019
The recent Supreme Court ruling barring girls from wearing hijab in non-Muslim schools has elicited mixed reaction online.

While some agree with it, others oppose saying rights shouldn't be trampled on.

On the morning kiss with Adelle and Shaffie, the two presenters gave their thoughts about it.

Adelle spoke out saying

This issue came about through a technicality.

This is the bad side of the law

Shaffie said it's not cast in stone

No no no, it's not the bad side of the law. Adelle you need to tell Kenyans like it is. If you go to court for any case it doesn't matter whether Adelle owes me ten million, and we go to court and I don't put up a strong defense, if my case is weak or if my case is not upto par, or I don't convince the judges that yes Adelle owes me ten million and she has to pay me and through technicality Adelle's lawyers beat my lawyers the case will just be thrown out.

Shaffie also wanted to correct the perception that the ruling created saying 'The courts did not go ahead and tell that all institutions, that all schools, universities out there should not allow any anyone who wears a hijab to class, NO, that is not what they said. It's the case between that family and Methodist church that ah took the wrong turn. 

Adelle added

And that's what I'm saying. It's just how the law is and sometimes it can be the bad side, when you're on this side

The Lamu Muslims Association, cultural organisations and activist groups in Lamu on Tuesday called the ruling “provocative and demeaning to the Islamic faith”.

The groups said the decision was not only unfair, but also a direct violation of the Constitution, which provides for freedom of worship.

Majority leader Aden Duale has asked Muslims to ignore Supreme Court decision that Muslim students are not allowed to wear hijabs in non-Muslim schools.

Duale said the ruling takes away the rights of Muslim girls as stipulated in the constitution.