High Court in Nakuru has given National Super Alliance(NASA) five days to respond to a case seeking to stop the Opposition from kicking IEBC staff out of office.
Justice Roselyn Korir directed the Opposition parties – the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Wiper, Ford Kenya and Amani National Congress (ANC) – to file their responses within the five-day deadline before the matter is heard in court.
Justice Korir said that it was a matter of national interest and that all parties need to be given time to file their responses before a court hearing.
NASA affiliate parties, IEBC and its chairman Wafula Wabukati, the Registrar of Political Parties and the Attorney General have been listed as respondents in the petition
The petition was filed last week by12 Nakuru county residents through their lawyer Mungai Kibe under a certificate of urgency.
The residents are seeking orders to restrain the Opposition leaders from interfering with the operations of the election body(IEBC ) ahead of the October repeat elections.
Regarding the IEBC chairperson , the petitioners want the court to stop him from forming a special projects team to conduct the polls.
According to the petitioners, the Opposition is conspiring with Chebukati to jeopardize the election through the establishment of a special project team which according to them is unconstitutional.
IEBC chairman , however, denied the accusations stating that he was acting within the law to put the commission in order.
The 12 also want the Court to declare as null and void the Opposition's demands – dubbed the 'Irreducible Minimums’ – which NASA has set as preconditions for it to engage in the October polls.
The case is set to be heard on October 3.