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Monday, May 9, 2022 –Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya is not qualified to be Raila Odinga’s running mate ahead of the August 9 polls.
Electoral and Boundaries Commission IEBC today indicated that they will be blocking any such move because the CS was still in office as a civil servant which is against what law stipulates.
Weighing on the matter while appearing on Citizen Tv today Monday morning of May 9, IEBC Commissioner Prof Abdi Guliye hinted at disqualifying the CS not unless he officially quits office as it is required by law.
“One ought to have resigned if they intend to be in politics and if they are holding public office, they need to have done that six months to the General Election,” the commissioner stated.
Asked why they would punish someone who is not vying only selected by presidential candidates to be a running mate, Guliye observed that the mistake politicians do in the country is not consulting with IEBC in every step they want to take saying it is through this oversight that they make so many mistakes at the wrong time.
“That rule applies to all and is not selective and if anyone intended to be in politics one should have made up their mind a long time ago. For IEBC, we will enforce the law as it is,” Guliye added.
He also took issue with Mike Sonko’s candidature which he said might be struck off until the ex-Nairobi boss clears his name in court.
The commissioner said that Mr. Sonko, Waititu and many others can run for any seat as long as they exhaustively challenge the many fraud cases still hanging on their necks.
“If you have been found culpable by a court to have been impeached for certain irregularities in the performance of your duties and there are existing appeal mechanisms then one is still eligible to vie,” Guliye explained.
He however made it clear that if every legal avenue is exhausted and the impeached officer has lost the case, he/she should not vie for any public office.
