Case to stop verification of BBI signatures lodged

The 400 data clerks who are involved in the verification of BBI signatures, during their swearing in at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi, on Wednesday last week. [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard]

A Muslim lobby group has moved to court to stop the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from verifying signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

The National Treasury had authorised IEBC to spend about Sh94 million to cover the expenses of the verification of the BBI signatures.