Court Upholds Revocation of 9 Uasin Gishu County Assembly Nominated MCA's

President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance Party ( UDA )suffered a major setback after the High Court in Eldoret upheld the ruling revoking its nomination of 9 MCAs to Uasin Gishu
County Assembly.

While delivering his ruling, Justice Reuben Nyakundi ordered the Independent, Electoral and Boundary Commission to degazette the names of the affected MCAs within 14 days and gazette the approved list
within the same period.

The aggrieved list of MCAs who have lost their jobs include James Wachira, Belinda Chebichi, David Waiganjo, Rhodah Cheruiyot, Nancy Kiboi Hassan Chepkoech, Sarah Abdi, Magrine Chebet, and Juliet
Chelimo.

Those whose names the court has directed the polls agency to gazette under the gender top up list are Carolne Jeptanui, Cherono Caroline,
Tirop Everline, Serem Naomi, Ngetich Pamela, Sharon Jewel Kogo, Burgei,Veronica, Mutai Celestine and Rebecca Jerop.

Others who are set to be gazetted under the special category are Kiplagat Gerald, Wambui Tabitha, Kering Robert and Regina Chemba.

The court’s order means that among the nominated MCAs who lost their jobs, six had been irregularly shortlisted in the gender top up list and three in the special category.

The appellate court directed that upon gazettement of the given list of MCAs, the Uasin Gishu County Assembly to swear in the gazette names in its immediate sitting.

The court also advised that should the IEBC fail to gazette the names of the genuine list of nominated MCAs within the 14-day period, thespeaker of the County Assembly should then declare the positions ofthe nominated MCAs as vacant.