Eight candidates, including three
governors and five MPs, risk being disqualified from the Tuesday
elections race if they do not pay Sh10.5 million by the end of Friday.
The
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Thursday fined
the eight for breach of the electoral code of conduct, bringing the
total it has collected so far to Sh15 million.
Bungoma
governor Ken Lusaka of Jubilee was fined Sh1 million for the second time
in less than a month after he was found guilty of abetting the second
wave of violence against his arch-rival Ford Kenya’s Wycliffe Wangamati.
His
Mandera counterpart Ali Roba was fined Sh1 million for violence that
broke out when President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed rallies in the county,
with his Economic Freedom Party challenger Hassan Noor, who was ordered
to pay Sh3 million for the same spate of violence.
In
Marsabit, governor Ukur Yatani of Frontier Alliance Party was also
ordered to pay Sh3 million for a July 26 spate of violence during
President Kenyatta’s visit.
His Jubilee challenger Mohamed Mohamoud will have to fork out Sh1 million for the chaos.
These were part of the rulings delivered by the IEBC in cases of breach of the electoral code of conduct.
The
latest ruling by the IEBC code of conduct enforcement committee, led by
agency’s chairman Wafula Chebukati, brings to 23 the number of
aspirants who have been penalised for electoral offences.
Mr
Lusaka had accused Mr Wangamati of storming a funeral he had attended
and wanted him punished. But the IEBC said the county chief bore the
greatest responsibility to restrain his supporters from attacking the
opponent.
The two rivals were also banned indefinitely from campaigning ahead of the Tuesday polls.
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