The Registrar of the Supreme Court Esther Nyaiyaki could be
investigated should a complaint lodged before the Ethics and
Anti-Corruption Commission establish that her scrutiny report of
election results or the forms were doctored.
investigated should a complaint lodged before the Ethics and
Anti-Corruption Commission establish that her scrutiny report of
election results or the forms were doctored.
According
to Mr Rashid Mohammed, who has filed the complaint, the scrutiny report
that was adopted by the majority judges during the delivery of a
judgment on the disputed presidential election results had opposite
findings from Supreme Court judge Njoki Ndung’u’s minority one.
to Mr Rashid Mohammed, who has filed the complaint, the scrutiny report
that was adopted by the majority judges during the delivery of a
judgment on the disputed presidential election results had opposite
findings from Supreme Court judge Njoki Ndung’u’s minority one.
“The
forms 34B and 34A examined by Justice Ndung’u were certified copies
deposited in court by the IEBC within 48 hours of the filing of the
petition challenging the presidential election,” he says.
forms 34B and 34A examined by Justice Ndung’u were certified copies
deposited in court by the IEBC within 48 hours of the filing of the
petition challenging the presidential election,” he says.
Mr
Mohammed, who has filed his complaint through Kioko Kilukumi & Co
Advocates, claimed that the two contrasting viewpoints could not be
factual.
Mohammed, who has filed his complaint through Kioko Kilukumi & Co
Advocates, claimed that the two contrasting viewpoints could not be
factual.
“Given the great public interest in the
presidential election, the petition that challenged the same and the
judgment, it is critical urgent thorough investigations be undertaken,”
the letter to the commission read.
presidential election, the petition that challenged the same and the
judgment, it is critical urgent thorough investigations be undertaken,”
the letter to the commission read.
In the judgment,
Justice Ndung’u said she checked all forms 34A and 34B from the 290
constituencies including one from the diaspora.
Justice Ndung’u said she checked all forms 34A and 34B from the 290
constituencies including one from the diaspora.
She indicated that all the said forms were in order and had
serial numbers, stamps and signatures yet the registrar’s report had an
opposite viewpoint on the same.
serial numbers, stamps and signatures yet the registrar’s report had an
opposite viewpoint on the same.