MPs sue Cord leaders over protest
Cord leader Raila Odinga is assisted by his guards after police lobbed tear-gas canisters at protesters outside IEBC offices at Anniversary Towers in Nairobi on April 25,2016. FILE PHOTO | EVANS HABIL |
What you need to know:
- High Court judge Justice Isaac Lenaola on Thursday directed the MPs to advertise the suit in local newspapers and serve the respondents.
- The lawmakers want the High Court to stop the Cord leaders from storming IEBC offices and intimidating its commissioners.
Five Jubilee MPs have moved to court to stop opposition alliance Cord’s planned protest outside Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission offices every Monday.
The MP s are seeking orders to stop Cord leader Raila Odinga and his co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula from staging the protest to seek the removal of IEBC top officials.
The lawmakers want the High Court to stop the opposition leaders from storming IEBC offices and intimidating its commissioners.
High Court Judge Isaac Lenaola on Thursday directed the MPs to advertise the suit in local newspapers and serve the respondents.
The legislators are Ferdinand Waititu (Kabete), Moses Kuria (Gatundu South), Kimani Ichung’wa (Kikuyu), Alice Ng'ang'a (Thika Town) Dennis Waweru (Dogoreti South).
