Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali. [Photo| Business Daily]It is a sigh of relief for Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali.This is after a case challenging his election was thrown out by the High Court in Kakamega.In its ruling, the court noted that the affidavits filed were forgery documents.Justice Jesse Njagi further noted that David Wamatsi’s petition cannot stand without support of affidavits as required by the law as his affidavits and those of witnesses were commissioned by a law firm which is not authorised to commission oaths.“The petition filed without true documents is not a complete petition. It is a still birth and should not be allowed to see the light of the day,” said the judge adding that the petitioner should be punished.“A petition filed without affidavits is not a petition because it lacks witnesses. I hereby dismiss the petition with costs to both respondents,” the judge added.

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