Court declares Gatundu North parliamentary seat vacant

[Nowayhaha]

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Justice Weldon Korir has declared the Gatundu North parliamentary seat vacant.

The judge ruled that the IEBC should conduct fresh elections for the position.

The judge also directed the Deputy Registrar to forward the ruling to the speaker of the National Assembly for appropriate action.

"I declare that the seat of the MP Hon Anne Wanjiku has become vacant," Korir said.

Judge Korir says the election by Hon Wanjiku was in violation of the law.

[Pajero]

A good opportunity to test the hustler narrative by mobutu.Lets see how it goes.

[Nefertiti]

I don't get this case - Ms Kibe was not qualified to be elected as an MP because she was serving as an MCA during the primaries. I mean, wasn't Malala an MCA when he was nominated for senator by ANC in April 2017?

Judge Weldon Korir on Wednesday found that the current Member of Parliament Anne Wanjiku Kibe was not eligible to vie for the seat as she was still a member of the County Assembly (MCA) when she was nominated to vie as an MP under the Jubilee ticket.

The parties involved had wanted to know whether the MP was qualified to vie for the 2017 General Election when she was still an MCA with a monthly salary and all the other benefits and responsibilities accorded to that position.

Article 99 (2)(d) of the Constitution disqualifies a person from being elected as MP if s/he is an MCA.
In a petition filed by former MP Clement Kung'u Waibara, the court agreed with Waibara's lawyer Jackson Awele that she ought to have resigned before the nomination date.

In June, the Court of Appeal ordered a fresh hearing of a petition challenging her qualifications to contest for the seat in 2017.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001389174/gatundu-north-constituency-seat-declared-vacant

[Nefertiti]

A good opportunity to test the hustler narrative by mobutu.Lets see how it goes.

  wait for the usual excuses and gymnastics - sote tuko pamoja - there will be no whiff of Jubilee Asili or hustler party.