Nandi Senator Kiprotich Cheragei at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Eldoret on November 6, 2017. [Photo|Facebook/Wakili Kiprotich Cherargei]
The Supreme Court has been asked to put public interest first when hearing petitions filed to challenge October 26 repeat presidential election results.
Nandi Senator Kiprotich Cherargei has further warned the apex court against nullifying the elections in favour of individuals who claim sabotaged the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
He insisted that the country needs stability noting that Kenyans are tired of politics.Speaking in Eldoret on Monday, the youthful legislator also accused some of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOS) that have filed petitions at the Supreme court for engaging in money laundering and called for their deregistration.
“We know NGOs engaged in money laundering some have filed petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's win in the repeat poll and we want to ask the government to de-register them as they are destroying our economy,” said Cherargei.
“...and even as the Supreme court sits to hear presidential petition we want to ask them to put public interest first and we don't expect them to reward people who caused violence and sabotaged IEBC by rewarding them with an illegality,” he added.
Two petitions have been filed at the Supreme Court to challenge October 26 repeat poll one by former Kilome MP Harun Mwau and the other was filed by veteran human rights activists Khelef Khalifa and Njonjo Mue who argue that no nominations were carried out for the repeat presidential election, the principle of universal suffrage was violated and the IEBC was not independent, impartial or neutral.