88 pinnacle attorneys battle it out in kenya election petition

a battery of the u . s . a .’s pinnacle felony minds become tuesday paraded at the excellent courtroom as a part of the group in an effort to lay naked the law inside the various petitions tough the outcome of the august 9 presidential election.

eighty-eight lawyers representing parties concerned within the seven consolidated petitions appeared earlier than the apex court that leader justice martha koome leads.

the main protagonists inside the fourth presidential petition for the reason that promulgation of the 2010 charter are azimio la umoja one kenya presidential candidate raila odinga, president-choose william ruto and the unbiased electoral and barriers commission (iebc). the attorney-general has additionally been named as a defendant.

except the 4 excessive-profile combatants, other petitioners helping mr odinga have additionally fronted upcoming lawyers to sharpen their legal darts.

the petitioners identified via justice koome—sitting along deputy cj philomena mwilu and justices mohammed ibrahim, smokin wanjala, njoki ndung’u, isaac lenaola and william alright—are mr john njoroge kamau (e00-1), young people advocacy africa and peter kirika (e00-2), activist khelef khalifa, mr george osewe, ms ruth mumbi and ms grace kamau (e00-three).

other petitioners are mr david kariuki ngari (e00-4), mr okiya omtatah okoiti, mr nyakina wycliffe gisebe, mr victor okuna and mr john maina (e00-7), in addition to ms juliah nyokabi chege and mr joseph mutua (e00-eight).

the azimio felony team is led with the aid of senior suggest and siaya governor james orengo, senior suggest philip murgor, mr paul mwangi, mr jackson awele and ms velma auma.

deputy president william ruto, who became declared president-choose, has a prison crew led by senior suggest fred ngatia, prof kithure kindiki, senior recommend kioko kilukumi, mr katwa kigen, mr elias mutuma, mr muthomi thiankolu and mr adrian kamotho.

the iebc and its chairperson wafula chebukati might be represented in the petition, whose hearing begins today, with the aid of former legal professional-fashionable and senior recommend githu muigai, mr erick gumbo and mr kamau karori.

senior counsel paul muite and mr issa mansur constitute the 4 splinter commissioners juliana cherera (iebc vice-chairperson), justus nyang’aya, irene masit and francis wanderi.

legal professional-preferred paul kihara kariuki is being represented by country suggest emmanuel mbita.

senior suggest and kisumu senator tom ojienda is representing busia senator-elect okiya omtatah, while willis otieno is representing mr khalif, mr osewe, ms mumbi and ms kamau.

lawyer kibe muigai is prosecuting the petition filed by way of ms nyokabi and mr mutua. other legal professionals collaborating inside the petitions are mr stephen mwenesi, mr apollo mboya, mr jotham arwa and mr jeremy njenga.

interestingly, some attorneys have switched facets since the 2017 petition. mr muite, mr mansur and mr paul nyamodi unsuccessfully defended the first presidential petition of 2017 filed through mr odinga. mr muite became lead counsel for iebc while mr mansur was part of the crew representing iebc chairperson wafula chebukati. mr nyamodi changed into hired by using president kenyatta to protect his win.

after the supreme courtroom nullified the presidential win, iebc conducted a repeat election, which mr odinga boycotted. every other petition was filed challenging the technique with the aid of activists.

through this time, the iebc had revamped its legal crew.

5 years later, mr muite and mr mansur had been hired via ms cherera, mr nyang’aya, mr wanderi and ms masit now not to guard the election outcomes, however to call for their nullification.

a bitter falling-out
the 4 had a bitter falling-out with mr chebukati, whom they claim oversaw perversion of the regulation in the whole election method.

their attempt to file responses on behalf of the iebc collapsed the previous day whilst the ultimate court allowed the chebukati camp to represent the commission’s respectable position, but the courtroom said they may be loose to preserve the offerings of mr muite and mr mansur.

rachier & amollo advocates and considered one of its key advocates, jotham arwa, have additionally switched. in 2017, they had been a part of mr odinga’s legal team; now they’re representing mr nyang’aya.

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