Migori High Court Nullifies Speaker's Election

The Migori High Court has issued temporary orders nullifying the election of North Kadem MCA Boaz Okoth as the Migori County Assembly speaker.

Justice Anthony Murima gave the orders following a petition filed by Lawyer Kirario Marwa under a certificate of extreme urgency.

In the petition, Okoth was cited as the first respondent and County Assembly Clerk Tom Opere as the second respondent.

Justice Murima ordered Okoth not to act as Migori speaker or conduct any House business.

“In view of the issues that have been raised in this matter, and which are pending determination, a review of the provisions of the constitution and law, am satisfied that this is a matter which interim orders should be issued in the first instance,” Justice Murima stated.

Last week, chaos rocked the Migori County Assembly after youth stormed the chambers disrupting election of the House speaker.

Voting had reached second round after contestants failed to garner the required two-thirds majority in the first round of elections.

During the first round of the election, Marwa garnered 25 votes beating Okoth who got 21 votes.

"The goons came and threw out MCAs and the County Assembly clerk went onto announcing the person who had lost the race as the speaker," Marwa stated.

It was not immediately clear whether the youth were sponsored or whether they were supporting any of the candidates in the Speaker’s race.