Three Mombasa residents have filed a petition at the High Court, seeking to compel IEBC to conduct the postponed election by 30th August.
This comes even as ODM Mombasa Governor candidate Abdukswamad Shariff protested the decision by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to postpone the election in the Coastal county until further notice.
Nassir said there was no reason to postpone the election, saying the law is very clear about postponing the election.
“The law is very clear about postponing the election, you cannot just wake up and decide to postpone it, haiwezekani. We will go to court, we are going to expect an order that the elections will be held on the stipulated date,” Nassir said.
IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati on Wednesday evening postponed the gubernatorial elections for Mombasa and Kakamega indefinitely citing frustrations and intimidations of his officials.
The election was to take place on August 23 after they were cancelled on August 9 due to technicalities.
In a statement, IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati attributes the move to intimidation of IEBC staff. Chebukati has also postponed the elections of Member of National Assembly for Kitui Rural Constituency in Kitui County, Kacheliba Constituency and Pokot South Constituency in West Pokot County as well as Rongai Constituency in Nakuru County.
Also postponed are elections of Member of County Assembly Ward in Nyaki West in North Imenti Constituency of Meru County and Kwa Njenga in Embakasi South Constituency in Nairobi County.
The IEBC chair regretted the chaos that erupted during the announcement of the Presidential results which left some commissioners nursing injuries.
The United Democratic Alliance – UDA Mombasa Gubernatorial candidate Hassan Omar and his Deputy Selina Maitha are set to address a presser on the same at the Party’s Headquarters, The Hustler Centre, Nyali.