[Collins Kweyu/Standard]A scenario similar to the 2017 presidential election petition is playing out at the High Court with a State agency prevaricating on a court order granting 25 petitioners from Wajir, Mandera and Garissa access to its census servers. And because the agency was following the county codes in disposing the gadgets, the tablets used in the three counties were the first to be erased in an exercise that commenced on May 19. In June, and while issuing the order, the Garissa High Court had rejected the reasons cited by KNBS in dithering on granting access to servers. Abdiwahid Biriq is the lead lawyer in the petition and has previously won a case against the State with regard to the 2009 census. He ordered that the petitioners, via their appointed IT experts - and under the supervision of the court - be allowed access to the servers.

Source: Standard Digital August 22, 2020 21:01 UTC