Nairobi UDA governor candidate Johnson Sakaja has been given hours to submit evidence of being a student and graduating from Team University in Uganda.
IEBC disputes committee gave Sakaja until Monday noon to respond to all queries that have been raised against him by four petitioners who want his candidature quashed.
The Senator had asked for more time to be able to prove that he graduated from the university.
“I urge this tribunal to give me more time to file a formal application seeking to have one of three members of the IEBC tribunal recuse himself and also to answer the allegations filed against Mr Sakaja,” his lawyer Adrian Kamotho requested.
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The returning officers and the petitioners are expected to file their responses on Tuesday. The case will be heard on Wednesday.
Sakaja is alleged to have said he is a graduate of the University of Nairobi while filing papers to vie for the Senate seat.
This comes a day after it emerged that Senator Sakaja did not graduate from the University of Nairobi where he was a student leader.
“It is true Sakaja was admitted to the university and was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, studied from the first year up to the fourth year, but is yet to graduate,” UoN communications director John Orindi said.
The Senator joined UoN in 2003 and is yet to graduate to date.
