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Summon IEBC heads over contempt, court told in petition against Wajir East MP
Milimani Law Courts
NAIROBI—A voter challenging the election of Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim Amin wants specific IEBC officials cited for court contempt after they allegedly disobeyed previous court orders.
Mohammed Mohammed Sheikh through counsel Danstan Omari asked the court to summon Mr. Chebukati, the chairman of the electoral commission and the CEO; Ezra Chiloba.
Chiloba has since taken a three-week leave.
The court was also asked to summon Mr. James Muhati the commission’s ICT director.
On October 31, the court ordered IEBC to allow Sheikh access information captured in the SD cards.
According to the petitioner, the information in the SD cards is vital and important to the success of the case.
He told the court that disobedience by the commissioners was inspired by malice and ill-will to deprive him of his constitutional right and interfere with the right to access of information.
The court had ordered the commission to allow him access the KIEMS kits to enable him gather evidence against the victory of Kassim.
The court directed all parties to appear before the Deputy Registrar the on Thursday for the purpose of reading the information in the SD cards by use of the KIEMS kit with or without the availability of the IEBC IT experts.
Sheikh is seeking the nullification of Rashid Kassim Amin election as the Member of National Assembly for Wajir East Constituency.
He is also seeking for scrutiny, recount and re-tally of votes cast in order to establish the real outcome of election held on the August 8.
