Burry of grief as Sakaja’s door to COUNTY’S TOP JOB CONTESTING RACE is opened
Written by munika remjuice on June 20, 2022
Grief isn’t part of Sakaja again as the IEBC dispute resolution committee allows Sakaja to contest for the gubernatorial post in Nairobi. The ruling was done on Sunday of 19th June.
Sakaja who has been seen around internally yelling for his contesting permit has a new chapter to open after he was allowed to contest. This is after a petition was filed against him for not having a valid degree from a team university in Uganda. The commission of university education had earlier cleared Sakaja before the IEBC allowed him to contest. The IEBC dispute resolution committee revealed that it had no powers to hinder Sakaja from seeking the county’s top job as the cue had already cleared him. They also claimed not to have powers to authenticate his degree certificate.
“The returning officer is not obliged to ascertain the validity of a degree while clearing a candidate. The IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee has no jurisdiction to authenticate academic credentials,” read the ruling delivered on Sunday.
Prof Nyaigotti insisted that the academic credentials of Sakaja remain null dismissing validation by CUE Chief Executive Officer Prof. Mwenda Ntarangwi.
“The commission received complaints from members of the public and civil society casting doubts on the authenticity of the degree certificate submitted to CUE by Hon. Sakaja. The gravity of the matters raised, made the Commission revoke its decision to recognize the degree qualification in Kenya pending further investigations in liaison with other relevant investigative agencies,” Prof Nyaigotti said.
