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Double tragedy for election petitioners facing millions in court costs

Former MP Wavinya Ndeti and Peter Mathuki who was her running mate in the Machakos gubernatorial race last year. They lost a petition against Governor Alfred Mutua [File, Standard]

It is double tragedy for losers in election petitions who have to be prepared to pay their opponents millions of shillings.

Losers in a number of the petitions filed immediately after last year’s polls have been slapped with costs ranging from Sh5 million to Sh10 million.

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