The Court of Appeal has dismissed the petition against
Mbere
South
MP Geoffrey King'ang'i's election.
While rejecting the case on Tuesday, the court noted that claims of bribery and witchcraft went unproven.
During the hearing of the petition, a witness alleged that King’ang’i hired witch doctors to give voters raw meat as part of a ritual that would see him elected.
Kevin Murimi, a witness for petitioner
Kamau Nyutu, said the MP
used two witch doctors to administer the ritual on July 22.
Murimi claimed
he participated in the slaughtering of a bull the previous night and that some of the meat was cooked.
He said
the voters were also given Sh500 each.
King'ang'i dismissed the "pure lies" and said his rival was only out to taint his reputation.
Justices Asije Makhandia, Fatuma Sichale and Sankale ole Kantai
also said there was evidence that Nyutu's agents signed forms, contrary to his claim that they were denied access to polling stations.
"Where there were alterations, returning officer Consolata Muthoni explained that they were countersigned by presiding officers," the court also noted.
The judges further faulted Nyutu for failing to file a proper notice of appeal; they said he should have filed it at the court's registry in Nairobi instead of the High Court in Embu.
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