Police have arrested independent presidential aspirant Solomon Gichira for attempting suicide at IEBC offices in Nairobi on Saturday. Gichira's campaign manager and lawyer denied the claims, saying Gichira is being punished by IEBC after successfully challenging rules set on independent presidential candidates. This means that presidential candidates can be nominated by anyone. Section 29 of the Election Act, which was nullified, also imposes requirement that people who nominate independent presidential candidates must not belong to any political party. But eight independent presidential hopefuls were disqualified for failing to obtain the required signatures of voters endorsing their bids.

Source: The Star May 28, 2017 08:48 UTC