Embakasi East MP loser candidate Francis Mureithi testifies at the Milimani law court on Monday, November 27, 2017. [The Star]
The petition against election of Embakasi East MP Babu Owino took another twist after a Jubilee agent told court that he signed a result form before the station presiding officer and his deputy appended their signatures.
Witness Moses Mwangi, who was an agent for Owino's rival Francis Mureithi, said he did not wait to see the final results of all candidates who took part in the election.
"Voting went on smoothly. After we closed the polling station, we rested for 30 minutes and when darkness fall, we realised we had no lights hence signed the forms," he said.
He testified before Justice Joseph Sergon of Milimani law courts that Murethi garnered more votes than Babu, arguing that he finally sent results of the polling station under dispute to his boss Mureithi.
"I sent the text before leaving the polling station," he said.