BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati and members of his secretariat could be jailed if a contempt proceeding against them is allowed.
A voter challenging the election of Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim Amin wants specific IEBC officials cited for contempt for allegedly disobeying court orders.
Mohammed Mohammed Sheikh through lawyer Danstan Omar has in addition asked the court to summon Mr Chebukati, IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba, Mr James Muhati the commission ICT director.
On October 31, the court ordered IEBC to allow Sheikh access information captured in the SD cards.
According to the petitioner the information in the SD cards is vital and important to his case.
He told the court that disobedience by the commissioners is prompted by malice and ill will to deprive him his constitutional right and interfere with the right to access of information.
The court had ordered the commission to allow him access to KIEMS kits to enable him gather evidence against the current Member of Parliament .
The court yesterday directed all parties to appear before the Deputy Registrar today for the purpose of reading the information in the SD cards by use of the KIEMS kit with or without the availability of the IEBC IT experts.
Sheikh is seeking the nullification of Rashid Kassim Amin election as the Member of National Assembly of Wajir East Constituency.
He is also seeking for scrutiny, recount and re-tally of votes cast in order to establish the real outcome of election held on the August 8.
