Willis Otieno

Lawyer Willis Otieno caused a stir at the Supreme Court when he took issue with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula ...

- Celebration31 August 2022 - 4:36 pm - History31 August 2022 - 5:37 pm - Allowed31 August 2022 - 5:40 pm - Heartwarming31 August 2022 - 5:58 pm - Opened31 August 2022 - 5:57 pm We have reduced the executive to a childhood mimic game," Otieno stated.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – A 'sweaty' Willis Otieno – the lawyer representing Khelef Khalifa and others in the presidential petition, mounted a spirited ...

He submitted that the report had recommended the removal of details of 481, 711 persons who were unqualified to be in the register, but the Commission never acted to remedy the anomaly in its final log, which was published. He also told the court that Chebukati failed to comply with the recommendations contained in the KPMG audit report, notably on the issue of the voter register. He stated that Chebukati’s conduct, where he sidelined his four other colleagues in the process of tallying and verifying the presidential results, amounted to illegality that should not go unpunished.

Lawyer Willis Otieno said Wafula Chebukati deliberately ignored the law during the 2022 election. He called for criminal sanctions against the IEBC ...

The power of tallying and verification of results cannot be vested in an individual "It's not the first time we are holding elections in Kenya, Wafula Chebukati deliberately ignored the law. That's why we are calling for criminal sanctions"

In the last hour, leading up to the close of Day One of the presidential petition hearing at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Kenyans were treated to a ...

“Be careful. “…counsel, I’m speaking,” Wanjala told Ojienda, adding: “I think you should treat your colleagues with respect. Make your point.” [A layman's guide to terms from the Supreme Court](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001454550/a-laymans-guide-to-terms-from-the-supreme-court) [Let us pray that Supreme Court does not wash its hand on us](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001454547/let-us-pray-that-supreme-court-does-not-wash-its-hand-on-us) [Willis Otieno: Chebukati had planned in advance to compromise elections](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001454544/willis-otieno-chebukati-had-planned-in-advance-to-compromise-elections) [Paul Nyamodi: Guliye, Marjan and Chebukati are not IEBC](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001454531/paul-nyamodi-guliye-marjan-and-chebukati-are-not-iebc) The lawyer would go on to tell court that Chebukati was not compliant with Article 81(A) and (D) of the Constitution, and that the August 9 elections were not verifiable, much as voting took place. Githu Muigai differed on client representation.

Lawyer Willis Otieno on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to recommend sanctions against the chairperson of IEBC Wafula Chebukati.

That was a deliberate attempt to make sure that the election was compromised.” It’s time Chebukati must be shown that the will of the people of Kenya is supreme, and he must work within the Constitution and abide by this court’s directives. And that means whatever numbers that would come out of the election don’t matter,” he submitted. They are the only commissioners who were there in 2017 [when the August 8 presidential results were nullified]. He’s clearly not doing what he’s supposed to do. We can’t come back to you (Supreme Court judges) every election, with the same problem, involving the same people. The fourth and the final tier is the chairperson of IEBC, who announces the presidential result,” said Otieno. “The report flagged some 14 non-returning officers who had been granted voter access privileges on the identity data management system. Tier Two is the constituency level, where the forms 34A are collated to create Form 34B, the third tier is the national tallying centre where all forms 34B are merged to Form 34C. They are the only ones dissenting today. “The court was very emphatic on what the role of the IEBC is, and what the role of the chairperson of the commission is. David Kariuki has also contested the results.

Supreme Court judge Smokin Wanjala yet again spotted prey on the second day of the plenary in the presidential election petition hearing.

The conduct of the presidential election was done by an individual, not the electoral commission. In this election, we submit that the people had their say, but machines, the technology, had their way," he said. The power of tallying and verification of results cannot be vested in an individual," he argued. The IEBC has seven commissioners, the Supreme Court has seven judges," he said. Be careful..I gave you a brotherly advice...be careful, that language appears to be alien to this court," said the judge. That's why we are calling for criminal sanctions"

NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 31 - There were light moments in the Supreme Court petition hearings Wednesday when lawyer Willis Otieno belted out nursery rhymes of ...

Otieno, 39, has worked on governance issues in the political and electoral process in Kenya.

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