This archive report was first published on 18 September 2019.
On September 18, 2019, the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal dismissed a petition challenging McDonald Mariga's nomination as the Jubilee candidate for the Kibra parliamentary seat by-election.
The Tribunal's chairperson, Kyalo Mbobu, ruled that it had no jurisdiction to hear the petition since the Jubilee Party candidate's nomination had already been accepted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
According to the tribunal, the petition was time-barred since the electoral body, IEBC, had already accepted Mariga's nomination and issued him with a certificate.
Meanwhile, the High Court declined to review its decision to allow as evidence a confession made by former police informer Peter Ngugi in the Willie Kimani case.
Private investigator Jane Mugo has been released on a 300,000 shillings bond after denying two charges of threatening to kill.
