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Massive Irregularities Found in Starehe Constituency Petition

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The court hearing the petition challenging the election of Starehe MP Amos Mwago has found massive irregularities in the parliamentary election.

The recount of votes in the Starehe parliamentary election began Monday amid tight security in Nairobi.

The recount of votes has detected existence of 4 ghost polling stations in the parliamentary election held during the 2022 general election. Instead of 262 polling stations it has been detected that the polling stations were 258.

In their petition, three voters want Mwago’s victory nullified and the returning officer prosecuted. They also sought a recount.

Justice Martin Muya who is hearing the petition ordered a recount of votes in the constituency, a process that began on Monday at the Industrial area amid tight security.

The Court also found glaring election malpractice with some ballot boxes already missing.

In some polling stations ballot boxes were missing while in some sections votes garnered by Mwago were more than the actual figure in the ballot box.