This archive report was first published on 13 May 2020.
The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal has confirmed that a section of orders given to Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka stopping the Jubilee Party from executing its coalition agreement with KANU was forged.
Lawyer Victor Lee, representing Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju, raised claims of forgery, prompting the Judiciary to post a copy of the original ruling.
According to the original ruling, the tribunal had recognized the coalition agreement signed between Jubilee and KANU pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by Deputy President William Ruto's allies.
However, the forged order shared by Itumbi and served to the Senate nullified any decisions founded on the recognition of the coalition between Jubilee and Kanu.
The order read, in part, 'Meantime in the interest of justice, an interim order be and is hereby issued declaring that any decision or action founded on the coalition agreement purportedly signed between the 1st and 2nd interested parties and deposited on 4th May 2020 and approved/confirmed by the first respondent vide her letter of 08.05.2020 confirmed by the 1st respondent is null and void and of no effect.'
Order number 6 read, 'A permanent injunction restraining the 2nd and 3rd Respondents from making any Coalition Agreement on behalf of the 1st Interested Party, Jubilee Party, with any party/parties without a valid, formal resolution of a duly convened National Executive Committee of Jubilee Party and in strict compliance with the provisions of Regulation 21 of the Political Parties (Registration) Regulations, 2019 and Article 32.2 of the 1st Interested Party's Constitution.'
