Governor Nyong’o election petition back in court

Former Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma has moved to the Court of Appeal, a week after the High Court upheld Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o’s victory in the August 8, 2017 poll.

Through his lawyer Richard Onsongo, Mr. Ranguma filed a notice of appeal at the Appellate Court in Kisumu, citing dissatisfaction with the judgement delivered on January 3rd, 2018 by Kisumu High Judge Justice David Majanja.

Speaking to Citizen Digital after filing the notice of appeal, Onsongo said they will proceed to serve the advocates of Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

Onsongo said a team of advocates would soon craft the grounds of appeal which they intend to argue at the appealate court.

Ranguma’s legal team says they expect to file the grounds and records of appeal by next week pursuant to the timeliness of the rules of appeal and wait for directions from the court on the date of hearing.

Justice Majanja had upheld the victory for Governor Nyong’o and dismissed the petition filed by Ranguma with costs for lack of evidence.

“The significant and substantial numbers of instances cited in the petition were not proved. I have already dealt with the issue of voting, counting, tallying, collation and transmission of the results elsewhere and I find and hold that the petitioner has not proved that the election results were interfered with or manipulated in the manner suggested by the petitioner or in a manner that would lead me to invalidate the elections, ” read the ruling.