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On the second day of the 2022 presidential election petition hearing, Kenya's electoral commission, the punching bag of the first day, took the stand, with its lawyers firing on all cylinders against grave accusations.
Prof Githu Muigai, the lead lawyer for Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati was the first to counter Wednesday's missiles, with his colleagues Eric Gumbo, Mahat Somane, Eric Gumbo and Abdikadir Mohamed in hot pursuit.
From the very start, Muigai made it clear they would not "perambulate" all over the petition. And perambulate they did not, as they went for jugular of the petitioner case, painting a picture of opponents clutching on straws.
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