Court stops gazettment of Kisii deputy governor’s seat.
Court stops gazettment of Kisii deputy governor’s seat: Elijah Obebo’s name was floated early Thursday at the Kisii Assembly as Governor Simba Arati’s favourite pick for the seat.
The judge ruled,”In order to preserve the status quo and to allow the petitioner to ventilate the issues raised in the petition on gazettement is to be issued declaring the seat of the Deputy Governor vacant until the next mention date,”
The petition is to be served to the respondents within three days. The respondent is to be granted seven days to file the response once the parties are served.
The matter would be mentioned before Justice Eric Ogola, Principal Judge at Milimani Commercial Court in Nairobi on April 10, 2024, for further directions.
This comes after protests in Keumbu the home of Robert Monda where residents stated that they wanted Arati to pick a replacement from the same region.
Hesborn Gesicho who led the protests said they will pay Arati in 2027 if he will not need their calm by voting him out.
Gesicho stated,”We were beginning to recover from the loss and shock of Monda’s impeachment but for Simba to go and pick a Deputy governor far from here is a political betrayal of the highest order.”
The residents therefore petitioned that Arati nominates James Kenani, President of Kenya Tennis Association, as his deputy.
“He has a proven track in development when he was chair of the Constituency Development Fund during Simeon Nyachae’s time when he emerged second overall in the country. This is the person we want, not Obebo who we have never seen or heard,” stated Amos Ogoti.
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