IEBC loses five petitions as Courts race to clear backlog

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati (left) and Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba at a past press conference. The electoral agency has lost 5 in 387 poll petition [Willis Awandu| Standard]

Malava MP Malulu Injendi has become the latest legislator to be drawn from the battleground that is election petitions after voter Gilphine Omwega who challenged his win withdrew the case.

Injendi who defended in his seat on a Jubilee party ticket in the August 8, 2017 elections will join 17 other Members of the National Assembly who have survived the petitions.