High Court nullify election of 2 popular MPs, order fresh elections

High Court has this morning nullified the election of ODM’s Lagdera MP Abdikadir Hussein following a petition filed by UDA’s Abdiqani Zeitun.

In February, Court ordered a recount of the Constituency’s votes.

The recount excise was carried out at Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Warehouse at Nairobi’s Industrial Area

In the August general election, Abdikadir garnered 5,939 votes beating his close competitor Zeitun who managed to get 4,863.

When he was declared the winner, Hussein said he saw the hand of God in his victory.

“Clans plays a role in the politics of the region but constituents elected me despite coming from a small sub clan. This is a big statement in itself. I don’t have enough words to thank them,” he said.

While in Mombasa, opposition leader Raila Odinga suffered another blow after a high court also nullified the election of Harrison Garama Kombe as Magarini MP following massive irregularities.

The court ruled that a by-election should be conducted following massive irregularities, voter stuffing, and reduction and interchanging of results in favour of the winner declared by IEBC.

UDA candidate Stanley Kenga had petitioned, challenging Garama’s win.

The courts have since ordered fresh elections in the constituencies.