16th August, 2018
Court of Appeal rules on the fate of Ugenya MP Chris Kara.
Ugenya Member of Parliament Chris Karan will this afternoon know his fate as the court of appeal rules on an appeal he filed against a petition challenging his august 2017 win. The petition was successfully sponsored by the immediate former MP David Ouma Ochieng.
Ugenya MP Chris Karan lost his seat following a successful petition by his rival David Ochieng.
The High Court in Kisumu on Thursday ruled that Mr Karan's campaign was "perverted"., and that the entire August 8, 2017 in Ugenya was "compromised".
Mr Karani suffered a double blow as the judge ordered him and other respondents to pay Sh7 million in costs.
The verdict followed Mr Ochieng’s argument that his campaign was hampered after he was accused of having a hand in killing of IEBC ICT Manager Chris Msando.
The judge ruled that Mr Karani profited from a “perverted” vote chase.