Parliament majority leader and Garissa Township MP Aden Duale. [Photo/The Star]Parliament majority leader and Garissa Township MP Aden Duale is set for a bruising court battle to defend his August 8 victory in the parliamentary race.This comes in after, the petition filed by his closest rival former Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim got a new lease of life after a major directive was granted to Maalim on Friday.The judge at the High Court has allowed Maalim read-only access to the data from the KIEMS kit used in the Garissa Township parliamentary elections.The former Deputy speaker has contested that Duale is among the computer-generated leaders. a narrative fueled by opposition coalition NASA.

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