Thursday, August 23, 2012

IEBC clears Neto despite court order


BY JAMES OMORO
ODM candidate for Ndhiwa parliamentary seat Augustino Neto presented his nomination papers to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) despite a court order barring him.
Neto said he had not been served with any order restraining him from presenting the certificates to the electoral agency.
“I have not received any official order deterring me from presenting the certificate,” he said.
Neto termed reports that he had been blocked from presenting his papers as “rumours”.
“The court is an official and reputable organ. Let us differentiate between politics and the law,” Neto said. He went on: “I am the candidate of ODM. Very soon Homa Bay County ODM office will organise campaign rallies for me,” he added.
Neto, who was accompanied by Karachuonyo MP James Rege, presented his paper yesterday at 8am. Ndhiwa Constituency IEBC official Maurice Nandokha received the nomination certificate.
Nandokha said he had not received any order from the court, which restrains him from receiving Neto’s documents. “IEBC should have been served with the letter immediately. That was supposed to have been done in Nairobi,” Nandokha said.
He added:  “I am the one gazetted to conduct the by-election yet I have not been served with the order. I am told our head office received the order at 10am, but I cleared Neto at 8am. So I feel the court order has been overtaken by events,” Nandokha said.
On Tuesday, High Court judge Mary Ang’awa issued an order barring ODM from presenting Neto’s nomination papers to IEBC.
His opponent John Odhiambo asked court to stop IEBC from accepting  Neto’s nomination certificates citing irregularities in nomination exercise.  TNA’s Rosemary Rumo also presented her papers.

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