【全非资讯·肯尼亚】肯尼亚（Kenya）：法院解除Shisha（水烟）禁令，此举对政府的打击行动构成重大打击。

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内罗毕——高等法院已解除对水烟的禁令，裁定由于政府未能将相关条例规范化，继续执行该禁令属于违法和违宪。\n\n在周二送达的判决中，法官Bahati Mwamuye裁定，由于政府未能遵守2018年法院要求在九个月内将相关条例规范化的命令，2017年《公共卫生（水烟吸食控制）规则》已失去法律效力。\n\n法官裁定，国家机关不能再依据已失效的条例来执行禁令，并宣布卫生部2025年2月3日的新闻稿以及2025年4月14日下令在全国范围内打击水烟销售点的指令为违法。\n\nMwamuye法官还裁定，继续执行已过期的条例侵犯了新型烟草制品协会（Novel Tobacco Products Association）成员的宪法权利，并下达命令，限制政府针对该协会执行2017年规则及后续指令。\n\n在政府采取任何新的合法监管行动之前，该裁决实际上消除了当局维持禁令所依赖的法律基础。

Kenya: Court Lifts Shisha Ban in Major Blow to Government Crackdown



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Nairobi — The High Court has lifted the ban on shisha, ruling that continued enforcement of the prohibition is unlawful and unconstitutional after the government failed to regularise the underlying regulations.

In a judgment delivered Tuesday, Justice Bahati Mwamuye held that the Public Health (Control of Shisha Smoking) Rules, 2017 ceased to have legal effect after the government failed to comply with a 2018 court order requiring the regulations to be regularised within nine months.

The judge ruled that state agencies could no longer rely on the lapsed regulations to enforce the ban, declaring unlawful a February 3, 2025 Ministry of Health press statement and an April 14, 2025 directive ordering a nationwide crackdown on shisha outlets.

Justice Mwamuye further found that the continued enforcement of the expired regulations violated the constitutional rights of members of the Novel Tobacco Products Association, and issued orders restraining the government from enforcing the 2017 rules and the subsequent directives against the association.

The ruling effectively removes the legal basis that authorities had relied on to sustain the ban, pending any fresh lawful regulatory action by the government.

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