The Court of Appeal in Kisii has temporarily halted the planned parliamentary by-election for Nyaribari Chache that was set for December 19. The court said that the by-election cannot proceed until an appeal filed by former MP Chris Bichage is determined. Bichage who lost the Nyaribari Chache seat in an election petition applied to the Appeals court in Kisii to uphold his election because the petitioner, poll loser Richard Tong’i of Wiper Democratic Movement, failed to prove his claims of massive irregularities in the March 4th poll. Bichage had said that the minor errors cited by Tong’i were...
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