NAIROBI - Bishop Margaret Wanjiru's tenure as Starehe MP will be known Friday when the high court is expected to give the verdict on the petition challenging her election.
Justice Kihara Kariuki sitting at Millimani courts will deliver the judgment in the morning. The petition against Bishop Wanjiru has been filed by former area MP Maina Kamanda.
In the suit Kamanda asked the court to announce him the area MP if at all Wanjiru loses in the petition.
According to a vote recount conducted in April this year, Bishop Wanjiru trailed Kamanda by a margin of 14-thousand votes.
Kamanda emerged the winner with 49,306 votes against Bishop Wanjiru's 34,871, a difference of 14,435.
The Housing assistant minister, who vied for the seat on an ODM ticket clinched the seat after defeating Kamanda of PNU by 895 votes.
Kamanda moved to court immediately after the results were announced seeking a redress claiming the whole election was riddled with irregularities.
The vote scrutiny registered several anomalies ranging from failure by the presiding officers to sign Form 16A.
It was also discovered party agents failed to sign the forms as required by law and no reason was given.
From the outcome of the scrutiny, 35 ballot boxes could not be traced to any polling station.
The High Court will be making its sixth judgment on election petition filed since the general election 2007
Other MPs who have lost their seats through election petitions in the Tenth Parliament include former Cabinet minister and Matuga MP, Ali Chirau Mwakwere, and former assistant ministers, Joel Onyancha (Bomachoge) and Omingo Magara (South Mugirango) Dick Wathika (Makadara), George Thuo (Juja) and Abdirahman Ali Hassan (Wajir South).
Makwere recaptured his seat three weeks ago. Thuo, former government chief whip will know his fate September 20 when the by-election will be held.
Source:KBC
