338 election petitions rekindle rivalry across political divide

Lawyer Gitobu Imanyara (right), leaving the Kerugoya law courts in the company of his client Martha Karua (left) after she filed a petition seeking to overturn the election of governor Anne Waiguru. [PHOTO:MUNENE KAMAU/STANDARD]

The nullification of the August 8 presidential election opened up the flood gates that has resulted in a record 337 petitions filed in the High Court and the magistrates’ court.

While the applicants cite a number of irregularities and illegalities, the sheer number of petitions has also rekindled ‘in house’ rivalry within the two major political parties of NASA and Jubilee.