Ban Chebukati from conducting elections, holding public office – Lawyer Janmohamed

Lawyer Zehrabanu Janmohamed has asked the Supreme Court to nullify the 2022 Presidential elections.

While making her submissions in the court on Wednesday, the Senior Counsel stated that the presidential election did not reflect the sovereign will of the people.

“We shouldn’t be in a position where we hope our votes count, but a position where we know our votes count,” she argued.

Janmohamed said that due to the irregularities in the election, their prayer to the court is that Independent Electoral Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati is barred from conducting elections or holding public office. 

“We have requested that the chairperson be prohibited from conducting any further elections in view of his behaviour and or holding any public office in Kenya in breach of chapter six of the constitution of Kenya,” she told the court.

She argued that Chebukati’s integrity is questionable.

Lawyer Janmohamed is representing John Njoroge, who is a petitioner in the case challenging William Ruto’s win in the 2022 presidential election.

In their petition on August 22, Raila Odinga and Martha Karua also beseeched the court to declare Chebukati unfit to hold a public office.

“…A declaration be made that Wafula Chebukati is unfit to hold public office and that IEBC, its chair and Commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye committed election irregularities.”