Politics
Speaker receives Mwakwere ruling
Posted Tuesday, February 9 2010 at 20:00
The National Assembly Speaker has been served with a High Court certificate nullifying the election of Transport minister Chirau Mwakwere.
Mr Mwakwere was the member of Parliament for Matuga.
Mr Kenneth Marende’s office was served on Tuesday, five days after a Mombasa Court ruled that Mr Mwakwere was not validly elected in 2007.
In his ruling, the judge hearing the petition against the minister ordered the Interim Independent Electoral Commission to conduct a by-election.
Separately, Mr Mwakwere was still consulting with his lawyers on whether to appeal against the decision of the High Court. His lawyers said they were yet to receive instructions on whether to file an appeal.
On Monday, the minister said he was preparing for a by-election and that he expected to be picked by the more than 52,000 registered voters.
Mr Hassan Mwanyoha, his rival, also expressed confidence that he would win.
Returning officer Ali Maalim declared Mr Mwakwere the winner with 8,368 votes, while Mr Mwanyoha garnered 8,328 votes. Ballots from two polling stations were excluded.
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Submitted by samfilePosted February 10, 2010 11:51 AM
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Submitted by SACH2001
now that the speaker has declared the seat vacant, can the ex Minister pls hand over his official Range rover back to the Government? he should have surrendered the vehicle as soon as he lost the court case. some people are so addicted to luxury that they find it hard to part with it when the time comes. hope we shall never see him again in the cabinet.
Posted February 10, 2010 08:40 AM
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Why does he still have a Range Rover? Aren't these the vehicles that were to be returned many months back then, when Uhuru bought the Passats? This is sheer arrogance and a display of impunity of the highest class. He should know he is now as ordinary as me and stop abusing public funds!