The well known seasoned Human Rights activist Okiya Omtatah, has filed a petition seeking to have persons with integrity issues blocked from vying in the 2022, August General Elections.
This is according to a post today by Citizen TV on Facebook.
From the report, Omtatah says that he is concerned that many people adversely mentioned in thefts of public funds want to vie for political seats.
‘…including the so-called COVID-19 billionaires are lining up to vie at the 9th August 2022 general elections for various positions at the county and national levels of government,’ reads some of the court documents filed under a certificate of urgency by the activist.
This comes as the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has already started it’s preparations for the 2022 General Elections.
According to the petitioner, the best way to ensure good governance, including putting an end to the rampant theft of public funds and the lack of transparency and accountability in the public sector is to ensure that only people with integrity are elected into State offices at both the county and national levels of government.
If the court will make a judgement on the favour of the petitioner it will see alot of individuals with bending court cases especially corruption allegations locked out of the August elections
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