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Election losers rush to file petitions before deadline

Wavinya Ndeti (right) at Machakos Law Courts when she filed a petition against Governor Alfred Mutua win on Tuesday

Daggers are now drawn following an avalanche of petitions filed with slightly under a week before the deadline.

By Wednesday a record 130 petitions had been filed across the country, out of which 13 are challenging the election of 13 governors, up from seven on Tuesday.

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