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Starehe poll
loser alleges
vote stuffing
Gakuru feared for his
in petition
by Bernice Mbugua
@BerniceMuhindi

Starehe constituency poll loser

Steve Mbogo yesterday claimed
that he was attacked during the
August 8 General Election.
Testifying in the election peti-
tion in which he has sued the area
MP Charles Kanyi Njagua, Mbogo
told the court that his agent was
also stabbed during the elections.
Justice Fred Ochieng also heard
that Mbogo was denied entry at
Pumwani Secondary School poll-
ing station. According to the poll
loser, there was massive ballot
stuffing by his opponent.
He wants the court to order
the Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
to conduct fresh election for Stare-
he parliamentary seat as it failed
to conduct a free and fair election.
I am aggrieved by the said
declaration and believe that the
member of National Assembly
election was riddled with grave
breaches of the Constitution and
applicable electoral laws, he told
the court.
Correction
In our edition of November 3
we erroneously stated that law-
yer James Orengo represented
the Independent Electoral
and Boundaries Commission
(IEBC) and county returning of-
ficer Ruth Khulundu as counsel
in an election petition filed by
Nicholas Gumbo against Siaya
Governor Cornel Rasanga.
The correct position was that
Orengo was representing gov-
ernor Rasanga as lead counsel
and not the IEBC and county
returning Officer. The mix-up is
regretted.
life, reveals successor
Continued From Page 1
involved in an accident last Tues-
day in the official vehicle. He died
as he was being rushed to hospital
for treatment.
During the accident, the car
crashed through and broke 11 con-
crete pillars supporting a guardrail
near Kabati area on Muranga-
Thika road.
The guardrail then penetrated
through the car, seriously injur-
ing the governor, his bodyguard
and aide. The newly sworn in gov-
ernor said Dr Gakuru confided
We were in him on several occasions over
his safety fears over the vehicle.
not He claimed that the vehicle was
wasteful poorly maintained and had done
a lot of mileage. Kahiga confessed
because that Gakuru had told him several
we inher- times he feared the Mercedes E250
would kill him, and that he never
ited two trusted its mechanical condition.
Kahiga said the fears prompted
faulty the two of them to have an infor-
vehicles mal agreement that the said ve-
that
hicle was never to be usedon as-
signments outside Nyeri.
Kahiga said he loved fast moving
needed vehicles but the sleek Mercedes
replace- did not fit the bill. The Mercedes
was bought in the early days under
ment the reign of the first governor, the
late Nderitu Gachagua. It was also
-Kahiga used by former Governor Samuel
Wamathai in his official duties in
and outside the county when he
assumed office upon the death
Drama as Awiti, Magwanga Budalangi poll petition witness
backers clash outside court arrested over illegal voting
AT A GLANCE
Former trade unionist Mutahi
Kahiga was sworn in as the
fourth Governor of Nyeri County
on Monday.
This is after third governor
Dr Wahome Gakuru died in
a road accident last week at
Kabati, on the Nyeri-Nairobi
highway.
The governor will be buried
at his Kirichu home in Nyeri
County on Saturday.
Clerics pray for the new Nyeri
Governor Mutahi Kahiga mo-
ments before he was sworn in
on Monday. PHOTO: PAUL
WANJIRU
of Gachagua. Kahiga also said the
second vehicle assigned to the gov-
ernor, a Toyota Prado, had similar
mechanical challenges despite
having been fixed at a cost of Sh300
000 in recent months.
Many people are complaining
on social media that we had set
aside Sh13 million for the pur-
chase of the governors vehicle,
but I want to say that we were not
wasteful because we inherited
two faulty vehicles that needed
replacement, said Kahiga.
The outspoken governor made
the revelations after reports on so-
cial media that the executive could
not account for Sh13 million allo-
cated to purchase a new vehicle for
the governor.
I hope I have now explained
why we need a new vehicle. If we
cannot buy a new one, what do
you want the governor to do? To
walk or to ride on a motorbike?
he posed. Kahiga spoke during a
memorial service for the late gov-
ernor at Dedan Kimathi University
of Technology grounds.
Gakurus widow, Catherine,
Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wam-
bugu, County Assembly Speaker
John Kaguchia, the University Vice
Chancellor Prof Ndirangu Kioni,
high-profile leaders and hundreds
of students attended the service.
The widow said the governor
was keen on education matters,
through which he influenced her
to continue with her studies.
Last week, Central regional po-
lice coordinator Gideon Amalla
disclosed that the government
had roped in DT Dobie and sev-
eral state agencies to establish the
circumstances surrounding the
governors death.

WEATHERTODAY wanga is challenging the re-election of by Busia High Court Judge Waweru
by George Odiwuor by Henry Andanje
Nairobi 23 @PeopleDailyKe
Awiti and his deputy Hamilton Orata.
The hearing had to be adjourned for
@PeopleDailyKe
Kiarie, who said the witness, Victor
Oduor Wanyama be detained and in-
Mombasa 29 Supporters of Homa Bay Governor
Cyprian Awiti and those of former Ka-
at least 30 minutes. However, the sup-
porters appeared not to have planned
A Ugandan witness in a case chal-
lenging election of Budalangi MP
vestigations launched over the confes-
sions he made while testifying before
Kisumu 28 sipul MP Oyugi Magwanga clashed
outside the Homa Bay court yesterday
to end their fight soon.
Both groups argued that some court
Raphael Wanjala was arrested and
detained at the Busia Police Station
action can be taken against him.
The witness should be arrested for
Nyeri 21 morning.
The supporters engaged each other
officials had colluded with the politi-
cians to block their opponents from
after confessing that he used a Kenyan
identification card to vote in the Au-
admitting that he acquired a Kenyan
Identification card illegally and even
Wajir 31 in a physical fight during the hearing
of the election petition in which Mag-
getting into the courtroom.
(See picture on page 14)
gust 8 General Election.
The arrest followed an order issued
participated in the August poll, said
the judge.