KENYA: Lawyer Kethi Kilonzo is yet to receive some of the documents that the court had ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ( IEBC) to furnish her with.
Kethi Kilonzo
However when the matter came before High Court Judge David Majanja the IEBC and Kethi’s lawyers entered consent where the electoral body agreed to supply statements recorded by police and a BVR register.
IEBC is to furnish the lawyer with the statement of the commission’s electoral officer recorded by police on the disappearance of the acknowledgement slip booklet andBVR register for Lang’ata constituency.
Challenging candidature
The judge directed that the details of the BVR registershould only be released to Kethi’s lawyers.
Among the documents she was seeking to be given include all the reports of the IEBC referred to and produced by witnesses who gave their evidence before the Dispute Resolution Committee during the suit challenging her candidature.
The IEBC had agreed to furnish Kethi with registers of voters for polling station number 2 NCC social hall and the principal register of voters of the polling station. She has also demanded a certified copy of the register of voters with biometrics used at the hall. The electoral body also agreed to release reports given to the Director of Voter Registration Immaculate Kasait from the 290 constituencies registration officers.
By Isaiah Lucheli, The Standard
