Mariga is a confirmed registered voter - IEBC Commissioner

MacDonald Mariga cleared by IEBC earlier decision overturned. PHOTO | FILE

IEBC top officials confirmed that Kibra by-election Jubilee candidate McDonald Mariga is a registered voter. 

A senior IEBC official on Friday confirmed that the Jubilee candidate for the Kibra by-election McDonald is a registered voter in that constituency.

The revelation came during a Dispute Resolution Committee chaired by IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati after an appeal lodged by Mariga.

The commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu, Deputy Starehe Registration officer Ismael Yassin confirmed that Mariga is indeed a registered voter. Yassin submitted before the Tribunal the BVR machine with Mariga’s name indicating he was duly registered.

"On August 26 he came slightly before mid-day the actual registration happens at 5 pm. He presented himself before me, initially he came without his ID but sent for it, I issued with Form A, took his biometrics, then after that I wrote the acknowledgement slip," Yassin said.

Kibra returning officer Beatrice Muli said that he is not a registered voter and thus not eligible to contest a statement that was overturned by the top IEBC management. 

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