Caption: Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga .PHOTO:Star.co.ke
Human Rights Africa through its advocate Robert Onyango have moved to court in an effort to have former Prime Minister Raila Odinga declared unfit to occupy any public office.
The petitioner wants the High Court to find that Odinga does not meet the leadership and integrity requirements set out in Chapter 6 of the Constitution.
This is on account of the corruption scandals Raila has been accused of involvement in where he cites the Dominion Farms saga, Molasses, Triton and maize scandals in which Odinga has been adversely mentioned.
The NGO also seeks an order to compel Odinga to produce his university certificate arguing that the Opposition leader has never publicly presented documentation to prove he holds a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
“The 1st respondent has always claimed publicly that he attended university between the years of 1965-1970 to study a Master of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering," read the petition as quoted by capital.
"So far, he has only produced a certificate acquired in the years of 1962-1965, Certificate of Higher Education from Herder Institute, Leipzig, German Democratic Republic, with competence in German Language. The lack of clarity emanates from the fact that the university in which the 1st Respondent claims to have attended only recently became a university and hence could not by all means have conferred a degree in 1970.”
Moreover, Human Rights Africa which had first petitioned the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to investigate Odinga, now wants it compelled to do so.
The NGO also wants the same order issued to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the Director of Public Prosecutions compelled to institute charges against Odinga.