Voters seek to block electoral body from listing presidential aspirants

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati. [Samson Wire, Standard]

A group of registered voters has gone to court to block the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from gazetting the list of presidential candidates on claims that the process is marred by irregularities.

The 30 petitioners have challenged the process of verifying 2,000 signatures from 24 counties submitted by presidential candidates in the absence of a final voters’ register, which is to be gazetted on June 9, and termed the process flawed.