The High Court in Nairobi is expected to put records straight on whether Jimmy Wajingi will be on the ballot paper come August 9,2022.
The IEBC will Today know whether they will be forced to stop printing presidential ballot papers to include Jimmy Wanjigi’s name.
The electoral body began printing of presidential ballot papers on Thursday for the August 9 General Elections.
However, Wanjigi challenged the body through the High court to compel the IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati to include his name as a presidential aspirant citing irregularities in the manner he was blocked from the polls.
Wajingi will know whether he will be on the ballot paper after Chebukati declined to clear him for not meeting the prerequisite constitutional requirements.
On Wednesday, he lost a bid to halt the printing process until court can determine whether his name should be on the ballot or not.
The electoral commission had argued that stopping the process would leave the country in a constitutional crisis because the ballot papers have to be ready before August 9 as per the statute Laws.
On Thursday in court, the Safina presidential aspirant through his lawyers put up a spirited fight to convince the court to find that IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee erred in fact and Law by dismissing his complaint.
The electoral agency declined to clear him on grounds that he did not submit a degree certificate and also for not having enough signatures from at list 24 counties as provided in the Law.
Through lawyer Omwanza Ombati, Wanjigi said that Chebukati should have cleared him because he submitted a letter of completion from Daystar University.
According to a letter from the university, the businessman has completed a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Security Management.
IEBC lawyer Moses Kipkogei told court that even though Wanjigi produced transcripts showing he completed his studies, the said transcripts were not certified and that they were only provisional transcripts which the University has the power to alter and therefore can not be admissible.
The agency also said that the Commission of University Education confirmed that Wajingi indeed holds a degree but he failed to produce the certified copy to the Commission as it is required.
Kipkogei further said that the businessman did not produce the ID card or passports of at least 2,000 supporters registered in each of at list 24 counties in Kenya.
