Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong. [Photo|BCG]The ruling on the petition challenging the re-election of Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong will be delivered on February 5, 2018.Busia trial Judge Kiarie Waweru Kiarie fixed the judgment date on Tuesday after Ojaamong who was the third respondent in the case lined up six witnesses including himself.The decision was reached after the governor and four others testified in the morning with the sixth witness who is a prominent Busia businessman Charles Wesonga, the proprietor of Hotel Itoya being the last to testify on Tuesday afternoon.It was agreed that the petitioner Peter Odima's lawyers (David Ochieng and Daniel Achachi) will file and serve their submissions by January 19, 2018 while the respondents will file theirs on January 25 and highlight the same on the same day.The Judge in his closing remarks told politicians to cultivate the culture of accepting verdicts and forge ahead, adding that winning and losing is part of the game."Elections is not a matter of life and death. Life must continue irrespective of the outcome of the petition or the polls," he said.The Judge will also deliver judgments on cases challenging the election of Budalangi MP Raphael Wanjala on January 30th and that of Teso South MP Geoffrey Omuse on January 31st.IEBC was represented by Chrysostom Akhaabi and Ojaamong by Otiende Amolo, Stephen Ligunya, Joseph Makokha and Vitalis Juma.

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