The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has been given three days to respond to a petition challenging the nomination of Naisula Lesuuda as senator. Lesuuda’s nomination is being challenged by Lydia Mathia, an activist who says her name was dropped by the electoral commission and replaced with that of the former journalist. The petition came up yesterday before High Court judge Rose Ougo who directed the IEBC and Lesuuda to put in their responses before Thursday when she is ex- pected to give direction. Mathia wants the court to quash Lesuuda’s nomination on grounds that it was...
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