A lobby for independent candidates wants the electoral agency to reserve nomination seats for them.
The
contenders, through the Independents Society, said the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is soon likely to publish the
names of people nominated by political parties to the Senate, the
National Assembly and county assemblies.
“This
gazettement can happen very soon, especially because the political
parties have already submitted their nomination lists to the IEBC, which
could quickly apply the proportionality rule to nominate people to the
seats we are claiming,” lawyer Wanyiro Kihoro says in court papers.
ELECTIONS
He said the independent candidates are entitled to nominate lawmakers on the proportionality rule, even though they had not done so in the past.
He said the independent candidates are entitled to nominate lawmakers on the proportionality rule, even though they had not done so in the past.
The highest number of candidates in the run-up to the elections was that of independents, at 3,752.
They were trailed by the Jubilee Party (1,801), ODM (1,289) and Maendeleo Chap Chap (911), according to data from the IEBC.
FRUSTRATE
Mr
Kihoro said the winning independent candidates are now seeking the
protection of the court to get their proportionate share of the
nominations in the national and county assemblies after the elections.
“If
the independents were to be left out during the round of nominations,
this would occasion great hardship and complication to get back their
seats in that the undeserving allottees could then use every means at
their disposal to dig in and frustrate a deserved reversal of the
nominations,” Mr Kihoro said.
The case will be heard on August 25.
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