Kirinyaga governor candidate Wangui Ngirici has filed a petition at the High Court in Kerugoya to overturn Governor Ann Waiguru’s victory.

Ngirici’s team filed voluminous documents on Wednesday, which were received and stamped at the registry.

In the hotly contested race that saw eight candidates compete to unseat Waiguru of UDA, the incumbent won with 113,008 votes to Ngirici’s 105,677.

Charles Kibiru of Jubilee garnered 22,065 votes. Safina’s Peter Gitau got 10,166 votes, Narc-Kenya’s Bedan Kagai received 1,751 votes, Kadu Asili’s Comba Ndau garnered 532 votes, and TSP’s Joseph Ndathi got 3,837 votes.

The former woman representative has named his running mate Eliud Wanjau Ngige as a co-petitioner.

They have filed a lawsuit against the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission, Waiguru, the county returning officer, and her deputy, David Githanda.

They are listed as the first, second, third, and fourth respondents, respectively.

According to the affidavit, Ngirici and Wanjau have dismissed Waiguru’s victory, citing massive electoral malpractices that were not in accordance with the constitution.

They claim that the electoral commission was complicit in the fraud because it was not independent, partial, neutral, or efficient.

“The electoral process was opaque and not verifiable and the IEBC abdicated its constitutional role,” the petition reads.

“The elections that were not based on universal suffrage and free expression of the will of voters. It was not transparent, verifiable and accurate.”

Ngirici and Wanjau have both questioned the authenticity of the results declared in Gichugu, citing the constituency’s “abnormal high voter turnout.”

According to the duo, voter turnout in the other three constituencies was remarkably low, ranging from 60 to 75 percent, compared to Gichugu, which had an 81 percent turnout.

They claim that the high numbers in Gichugu are the result of manipulation and inflation in favor of Waiguru.

They also accused the county returning officer of declaring Waiguru the winner based on some Forms 37A that were not signed or stamped by the presiding officer.

They claimed that the anomalies affected Mukoigo Tea Buying Centre polling station 1, Karumandi Tea Factory polling station 1, and Ithiga Ria Njuki Primary School polling station 2.

Karucho Primary School polling station 1 and Mwania Njau Primary School are the others.

Forms 37A, they claim, were unverifiable and unaccountable in the aforementioned stations.

Other grounds for the petitioners’ case include allegations of voter bribery in some polling stations, the use of the same agent for one candidate in different polling stations, and voting outside of the constitutionally required hours.

They claim that voting continued until 10 p.m. in some polling places, such as Kiamugumo Primary School.

They also claim that Forms 37A were altered, petitioners’ agents were barred from voting and counting, and there was a lack of transparency in the voting and counting.

The court will now rule on when the respondents will file their responses and when the case will begin.