Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho during his swearing-in ceremony at Mama Ngina Drive, August 2017. [Photo|Ali Hassan Joho]Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho will be forced to battle his re-election in court, days after he was inaugurated at a ceremony held at Mama Ngina Drive.This is after his opponent, Hassan Omar Hassan, vowed to file a petition in court challenging his August 8 election, which saw him retain his seat, through an ODM Party ticket.Hassan who vied on a Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM-K), whose leader is Kalonzo Musyoka, said Joho's reelection was marred by massive electoral irregularities, and that he was not dully elected."If no one has the courage to take up this matter, I have the courage. I will challenge this process, we have some of the best lawyers to prosecute this matter and one of our prayers this time, is that those who were found culpable, must be punished for criminal offences," said Omar.Addressing the press in Mombasa, Monday, Hassan who resigned as the WDM-K secretary general last week in a letter to Kalonzo, maintained that there was too much theft and subversion of electoral process for too long.Omar came third behind Jubilee Party's Suleiman Shahbal, and ahead of former Nyali MP Hezron Awiti.

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