A court has stopped IEBC from clearing impeached governors Mike Sonko and Ferdinand Waititu to participate in the August 9 polls. Sonko was impeached as Nairobi governor in December 2020 and is now eyeing the Mombasa governor seat under a Wiper ticket. Justice Reuben Nyakundi, following a petition by Silvester Kipkemoi, ordered that the IEBC stops any further engagements with Sonko and Waititu in regards to the August 9 election, pending the hearing on May 13. The question of eligibility of impeached governors to participate in the forthcoming election has been a subject of national discourse. Guliye said the IEBC is to meet on Tuesday to deliberate on the question of impeached governors.

Source: The Star May 11, 2022 13:29 UTC