{"id":34320,"date":"2017-05-03T09:45:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-tribunal-cancels-anyang-nyong-o-poll\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:43:35","slug":"kenya-tribunal-cancels-anyang-nyong-o-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-tribunal-cancels-anyang-nyong-o-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya tribunal cancels Anyang’ Nyong\u2019o poll victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

{ODM was on Tuesday barred from declaring Kisumu Senator Peter Anyang\u2019 Nyong\u2019o its gubernatorial candidate for Kisumu.}<\/p>\n

The Political Parties Dispute Tribunal ruled that the Orange Democratic Movement primaries had massive and glaring irregularities.<\/p>\n

Certifying as urgent an application by Hezron J Opiyo, tribunal members Kyalo Mbobu, James Atemi and Hassan Abdi directed the applicant to serve the suit papers on the senator and ODM. It scheduled the hearing for Thursday.<\/p>\n

The announcement that Prof Nyong\u2019o had trounced Governor Jack Ranguma sparked protests across the county.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, confusion marked the sitting of the ODM Appeals Tribunal on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

{{Rule on appeals }} <\/p>\n

The Willis Otieno-led team declined to rule on appeals against nomination results, passing the buck to the National Elections Board.<\/p>\n

In most cases, the tribunal directed the NEB to either withdraw provisional certificates or hold fresh primaries.<\/p>\n

Nyatike MP Edick Anyanga claimed the tribunal had reversed the provisional certificate given to his opponent Frederick Odiso Agenga in the polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision has been that everything has been reversed,\u201d said Mr Anyanga. \u201cIt is now up to Nyatike people to decide whom they will take to Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tribunal had earlier ruled that no elections took place in the constituency, but the elections board declared Mr Agenga the winner anyway.<\/p>\n

{{Votes not counted }} <\/p>\n

It indicated that the votes were not counted since the returning officer had suspended counting and only issued the certificate under duress.<\/p>\n

It declared the primaries flawed, saying it was not possible to establish the winner.<\/p>\n

Fresh nominations were also ordered in Kasipul constituency, where former Nation Media Group reporter Isaac Ongiri challenged the declaration of Charles Ongondo Were as the winner.<\/p>\n

The tribunal found that Mr Ongiri\u2019s tally may have been affected as his name was not on the ballot, the tallying centre kept changing and the returning officer left prematurely.<\/p>\n

Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabir said his appeal was accepted and the nomination of his opponent cancelled.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, chaos marred the tribunal sittings at Mash Park Hotel in Nairobi, forcing the team to move to Gracia Gardens Hotel.<\/p>\n

\"Kisumu<\/figure>\n

Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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