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Omtatah's plea for larger bench in electoral cases gets IEBC nod

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah at the Bunge Towers, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has backed Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah’s plea to have the case seeking to strip the commissioners' powers to re-tally presidential results be heard by more than three Judges.

In its response to Okiya’s application, IEBC lawyer Moses Kipkogei told High Court Judge Bahati Mwamuye that the issues raised separately by Okiya and the united opposition needed more than one Judge to hear and settle.

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