Written By Gerald Gekara | |
Okiya Omtatah, a Kenyan activist, has filed a lawsuit in court to stop DP William Ruto from becoming president.
Omtatah claims that any public officer, including a sitting deputy president, a sitting governor, a sitting deputy governor, a sitting MP, and a sitting MCA, must quit office before being nominated as a presidential contender.
Omtatah also requested that a decree be issued stating that a serving president, vice president, governor, and deputy governor must relinquish office before being elected to elective offices.
“A declaration that a sitting president, a sitting deputy president, a sitting governor, and a sitting deputy governor cannot be elected to elective positions other than the ones they hold,” he said.
“That a declaration that any public officer, including a sitting deputy president, a sitting governor, a sitting deputy governor, a sitting MP, and a sitting MCA is not qualified for nomination as a presidential candidate.”
Official campaigning for the 2022 General Elections will continue from May 10 to August 6, two days before polling day, once presidential candidates submit their papers to the IEBC.
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