The High Court will issue directions today in a petition challenging the nomination of the IEBC chairman and commissioners.
President Ruto last month nominated Erastus Edung Ethekon as the next chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, with Anne Nderitu, Moses Mukwana, Mary Karen Sorobit, Hassan Noor, Francis Odhiambo, and Fahima Abdalla picked as commissioners.
However, petitioners Kelvin Roy Omondi and Boniface Mwangi moved to court to stop their appointment, arguing their nomination was illegal and unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Martha Koome has since picked judges Bahati Mwamuye, John Chigiti and Roselyn Aburili to hear and determine the case.
The bench will today mention the case and issue directions on how it will proceed.
Elsewhere, an inquest into the death of Rex Masai resumes today at the Milimani Law Court in Nairobi.
Rex Kanyike Masai was shot and killed in Nairobi’s city centre as police battled anti-tax protesters in June 2024.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“He was shot in the upper middle part of the thigh. It appears he bled to death before being brought to our facility,” a doctor at the hospital said.
The Director of Public Prosecutions then recommended an inquest to determine if murder charges should be preferred against suspects.
The inquest is being conducted by Milimani principal magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo.
Isaiah Muraguri, one of the police officers implicated in the murder and former Nairobi region police commander Adamson Bungei are among those who have testified in the inquest.
Bungei is the current director of police operations.
He distanced himself from any involvement in the killing, claiming no shots were fired by his police unit during the protests.
Bungei said Rex may have been killed by another armed individual, but not a police officer.
"Just because there was a shooting doesn’t mean it was only police officers who could have fired. Private gun owners may have also been involved. On that day, no police officer fired any shots,” Bungei said.
