The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has stated that all criminal prosecutions it is handling in various courts remain valid.
These cases, it noted, would proceed based on its mandate under the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), which remains valid and in force as the matter has not been decided by the Supreme Court.
The OSP statement is in response to the decision by the High Court, stripping the Office of its prosecutorial powers.
In a statement, the Office argues that the High Court does not have jurisdiction to, in effect, strike down parts of an Act of Parliament as unconstitutional.
According to the OSP, only the Supreme Court holds the power to strike down parts of an Act of Parliament as unconstitutional.
