| Published Fri, February 23rd 2018 at 00:00, Updated February 23rd 2018 at 00:10 GMT +3Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho addresses his supporters outside the County offices in Mombasa after the Mombasa High Court upheld a petition filed against his election by former Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar. [Photo by Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]Celebrations broke out in Mombasa after the electoral court upheld the victory of Governor Hassan Ali Joho. Justice Achode upheld Joho’s victory by finding that the petitioner former Senator for Mombasa Hassan Omar had made grand allegations of vote fraud that he had not proved. “A gap of 177 390 votes is a huge difference which signifies the will of the people of Mombasa and the irregularities would not influence results,” said Justice Achode,” said Justice Achode. ALSO READ: Awiti loses seat, Kingi ruling nextAlso in tow were Mombasa Deputy governor Dr William Kingi and former Kisauni MP Rashid Bedzimba.

Source: Standard Digital February 22, 2018 17:37 UTC