But Justice James Makau struck out the petition and ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction to deal with the case. “The petitioner did not invoke that procedure but opted to file this matter straight for determination, without exhausting that process. He claimed that Mr Muturi handed in the nomination papers late and failed to seek clearance from the electoral commission before the deadline of the submissions of all the documents which was on August 29 at 9am. Mr Winja also claimed that Mr Muturi collected signatures from 210 MPs in support of his re-election instead of the prescribed 20, thereby locking out other contestants from obtaining the requisite number of signatures. Mr Winja also wanted Mr Muturi declared unfit to occupy public office by reason of having used ‘unethical methods to deny others’ opportunity to collect signatures as he collected more than the prescribed.

Source: Daily Nation August 11, 2020 14:48 UTC