Lawyers fail to agree on petition issues
Lawyers Peter Kaluma (left) for Nasa and Paul Muite for IEBC address Supreme Court Registrar Esther Nyaiyaki at the Supreme Court on August 26, 2017 during mention of the election petition. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Lawyers handling the presidential election petition have failed to agree on the issues to be tackled by the Supreme Court ahead of the pretrial forum due at 7pm.
The court's Registrar, Ms Esther Nyaiyaki, has left the matter to the judges.
Supreme Court Registrar Esther Nyaiyaki speaks during the mention of the Nasa election petition at the Supreme Court on August 26, 2017. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The parties: the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, its chairman Wafula Chebukati, Nasa and President Uhuru Kenyatta had convened at the Supreme Court to file their lists of contested and non-contested issues.
ISSUES
Jubilee Party said it has five issues for determination while Nasa has 28 issues.
From left: Lawyers Paul Muite (IEBC), Kamau Karori for IEBC and Ahmednasir Abdullahi for President Uhuru Kenyatta look over a document during mention of the election petition at the Supreme Court on August 26, 2017. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
On the other hand, IEBC has two.
They are: whether Uhuru Kenyatta was validly elected and declared the winner and the reliefs to be granted by the Supreme Court.
