A WIN FOR ODM AFTER COURT ANNULIFIES THE ELECTION



A court in Homabay county has overturned the election of the member of county Assembly for West Kasipul. Lead by the senior principal magistrate Bernard Omwansi, the Oyugis court has declared the win for Vincins Bondo, citing inconsistencies which were many and minor and added together could affect significantly the results of the election.
Bondo was declared the MCA elect in the 9th august election by the IEBC after garnering 4041 votes against his close opponent Okeyo ongili who received a total of 3975 votes.Ongili who was the ODM candidate was flowed by Bondo an independent candidate in a region  termed as a ODM bedroom.
Ongili failed to accept the results and on 30th august he submitted a petition to the court, accusing the electoral body of carrying out a biased election which pitted candidates against others. The IEBC and the elected MCA were termed as the first and second respondents respectively. In the case the IEBC could not account for 78 ballot papers. Omwansi termed the race to be very tight and a slightest change of the results could have affected the outcome of the election.The difference between the two candidates was 76 votes as shown bt they results from the IEBC portal. The magistrate issued an order for the election to be conducted for the area to elect a new MCA after it came very crystal that the election body could not provide an explanation about the winner between the petitioner and the 2nd respondent.

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