NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 22 - The High court has nullified the election of Kirinyaga Central MP Ngata Kariuki.
He becomes the seventh member of the 10th Parliament to lose his seat in a string of election petitions filed against sitting MPs over election irregularities.
High court judge Mohamed Warsame ruled on Friday that flaws occasioned by the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) officials amounted to serious breaches of the National Assembly and Presidential Act rules.
Former MP Daniel Karaba moved to court in 2008 challenging the election citing electoral malpractices.
He was one of the contestants in Kirinyaga Central constituency during the 2007 poll where Kariuki was declared the winner by the returning officer despite claims that he had more votes.
In the application, Mr Karaba averred that former Electoral Commission of Kenya chairman Samuel Kivuitu admitted that he won the parliamentary elections.
This, he says, was verified by comments and observations of the Kriegler Commission following its independent analysis and verification of the results held by ECK.
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