Why Magara wants Speaker to rescind ruling

The Speaker’s action, they claim, could “create a lacuna as to the parliamentary representation for the residents of South Mugirango.” The move, they add, was as good as “condemning the people of South Mugirango to pay taxes without representation for a period of extension under section 13 (2), Cap 7, and for all the period of the resulting legal quagmire.”

But IIEC boss Mr Hassan said Mr Marende’s move would not affect the commission’s preparations for the coming by-election. In any case, he said, it was Mr Magara and his lawyers who appeared out to derail the process.

And speaking separately, two IIEC commissioners – Winnie Guchu and Tiyah Galgalo – said registration in South Mugirango would be monitored strictly to prevent cases of potential voters flocking the constituency for the purpose of only voting before leaving the area.

They said the commission would use old voter registers for references only to help identify genuine Mugirango constituents.

The two spoke to the Sunday Nation on the sidelines of a training workshop for 210 constituency election coordinators at the Multimedia University College in Nairobi.