•The judges stopped Wiper Party from nominating another candidate pending the hearing of the petition.
•Sonko is seeking to overturn IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee's decision to bar him from vying for the Mombasa Governor seat.
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A High Court sitting in Mombasa has issued interim orders stopping IEBC from printing ballot papers for the Mombasa governor race, pending hearing and determination of a petition filed by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.
The three-judge bench also issued conservatory orders stopping the electoral body from gazzetting the names of the candidates in the Mombasa governor race.
The judges; Justices Olga Sewe, Ann Ong'injo' and S. Githinji stopped Wiper Party from nominating another candidate pending the hearing of the petition.
Sonko is seeking to overturn IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee's decision to bar him from vying for the Mombasa Governor seat.
The matter will continue at 2 pm.
A Mombasa High Court had last month declined to issue conservatory orders to stop IEBC from proceeding with the gazettement and printing of ballot papers for the Mombasa governor race.
Sonko had filed a petition seeking nine orders against Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Mombasa Returning officer Swalha Yusuf, IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee and the Wiper Party.
In his prayers, Sonko asked the court to restrain IEBC from gazetting the governor candidates, the printing of ballot papers, and compelling IEBC to give them copies of the degree of all the governor candidates who have been cleared to run in the country.
Sonko also asked the court to restrain the Wiper party from nominating any other person as their governor candidate for Mombasa, pending a hearing and determination of the matter.
But in his ruling, Mombasa High Court Judge Olga Sewe declined to issue conservatory orders of injunction as sought by Sonko against IEBC and Wiper party.
“I have looked at the petition and the documents filed in support and those particular prayers and supporting affidavits. Those prayers have far-reaching consequences if those orders are granted,” said Olga.
“In my careful consideration, I decline to issue orders sought until the respondents submit their responses,” he ruled.
She forwarded the file to Chief Justice Martha Koome to empanel a bench that will hear the petition to its logical conclusion.