President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party on Tuesday joined a case regarding the removal of IEBC officials.
The High Court in Nakuru agreed to enjoin the party in the petition seeking to block the Opposition from forcefully kick out some of the Commission staff.
Presiding judge Lady Justice Roslyn Korir, in her ruling, stated that the ruling party argued its case well and had satisfied the Court to be enjoined in the petition.
Jubilee now joins the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Wiper Party, Ford Kenya, Amani National Congress, the IEBC and its chairman Wafula Chebukati, the Registrar of Political Parties and the Attorney-General who are all parties to the case.
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Last week, 12 Nakuru County residents, through their lawyer Mungai Kibe, filed the petition under a certificate of urgency.
In the case, the residents are seeking orders to restrain the Opposition leaders from interfering with the operations of IEBC ahead of the October repeat presidential poll.
The petitioners claimed that NASA leaders want to force the Commission officials out of office through political campaigns and intimidation.
Regarding Mr Chebukati, the applicants want the court to stop him from forming a special projects team to conduct the polls.
According to the petitioners, the Opposition is conspiring with Chebukati to jeopardize the election through the establishment of the team which according to them is unconstitutional.
Chebukati, however, denied the accusations stating that he was acting within the law to put the commission in order as it prepares to conduct the fresh polls.
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The 12 also want the Court to declare as null and void the Opposition's demands – dubbed the 'Irreducible Minimums’ – which NASA has set as preconditions for it to participate in the October polls.
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