120 Petitions Filed After August Elections

120 newly-elected leaders face ouster after petitions were filed in court to challenge their respective victories.

Among those who might be ejected include; 15 Governors, 4 Senators, 3 Woman Representatives, 35 Members of Parliament and 62 Members of County Assemblies. 

The latest governor in trouble is Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi Mahamud of Jubilee Party whose election is being challenged by former Governor Ahmed Abdullahi and Ahmed Muhumed Abdi.

The highest number of County Assembly seats being challenged are in Kakamega, Kisii and Turkana Counties, with each having five contested outcomes.

In Nairobi, former nominated Senator Elizabeth Ongoro moved to court to challenge the election of her rival TJ Kajwang for the Ruaraka Parliamentary seat.

During the just concluded polls, Mr Kajwang of ODM was declared the winner after garnering 32,190, while Ms Ongoro of Amani National Congress got 28,127 votes.

But in the petition, Ms Ongoro alleges that Mr Kajwang’ used “sexist tactics, violence, intimidation and coercion” to secure the seat.

Also challenging the outcome of the polls is Mr Francis Mureithi who lost the Embakasi East seat to ODM’s Babu Owino and Mr Steve Mbogo of ODM, who lost the race to singer Charles Jaguar Kanyi of Jubilee in Starehe Constituency.

Others who filed cases in Nairobi are Mr Ishrad Sumra of ODM, who challenges the election Julius Musili of Wiper Party as Embakasi South MP.

Mr Musili was declared winner after getting 25,836 votes against Sumra’s 25,590 votes.

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