Voter wants IEBC told to conduct Banissa MP poll

A voter with his National Identity (ID) card verifies his details with the KIEMS Kit during the 2022 General election voting at Uhuru Gardens Primary School , Langata constituency. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A voter from Banissa constituency in Mandera County has filed a petition in the High Court seeking to compel the electoral body to conduct a by-election for the vacant seat within 90 days as the law requires.

Brian Higgins Mbugua also wants the court to order the Selection Panel for recruitment of nominees for chairperson and members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to expedite the filling of four vacant positions in the electoral body and submit its report to the President and Parliament within 14 days.