JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
There were four candidates who stood for the seat of Senator for Kirinyaga County in the National Elections that were held on 8th August, 2017. The results of those elections showed that Dickson Daniel Karaba of Jubilee Party (“the appellant”) garnered 130,925 votes while Kibiru Charles Reubenson who stood as an Independent Candidate (“the 1st respondent”) received 147,921 votes. The other candidates were Karubiu James Karimi (“the 6th respondent”) who got 11,987 votes while Karimi Dishon Kirima got 9,089 votes. Those results were declared by the 2nd respondent, Samuel Seki Lepati who was the Returning Officer of the said county on behalf of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the (“3rd respondent”). The 4th, 5th and 6th respondents respectively, Duke Nyairo Ondieki, Stephen Karau Nyoike and James Karimi Karubiu entered the petition that was filed at the High Court of Kenya, Kerugoya, at the tail end of it as we will show in this judgment.
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