Some 30 registered voters have moved to court to block Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from gazetting the list of presidential candidates describing the process as flawed.
In their suit, the petitioners faulted the verification of 2,000 signatures from the 24 counties submitted by presidential candidates in the absence of the final voters register to be gazetted on June 9.
“That its therefore trite that the verification of presidential aspirants supporters signatures is a nullity since the commission doesn’t maintain at all register or a database of signatures to carry out the purported verification exercise of signatures,” reads part of the petition.
Attorney General and IEBC are listed as the 1st respondent and 2nd respondent respectively.
They sought the intervention of the court on the matter which risks putting to a disarray the presidential nomination exercise done so far which started on May 29th 2022 by the poll agency.
“That there is imminent danger that the current exercise is likely to throw the country into electoral chaos unless the orders sought herein are granted at the earliest time possible,” the petition reads.