Attorney General Dorcas Oduor has asked the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking to bar Adams Oloo from assuming his role as a member of the selection panel to hire new IEBC commissioners.
She argues that the petition by city lawyer Apollo Mboya has not provided any evidence to show Oloo does not meet the requirements needed for the position.
“The orders sought are unmerited and could have far-reaching and undesirable consequences. The petition is therefore an abuse of the court process and ought to be dismissed,” Oduor says in her affidavits.
Oloo has denied allegations he was an adviser to President William Ruto at the time of his appointment to the IEBC selection panel.
In a fresh application before the High Court, Oloo is demanding that the court strikes out the petition.
Mboya has challenged Oloo’s suitability for the panel, arguing that his role as the President’s adviser disqualifies him from serving on the panel.
However, Oloo asserts that he officially ended his tenure as a presidential adviser and member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers on January 24; three days before his appointment to the crucial selection panel.
“The petition by Apollo dated February 4 is therefore premised on non-existent and misconceived allegations brought with ulterior motive to derail the appointment of IEBC commissioners,” he says.
Oloo adds that if the work of the selection panel is derailed any further, it risks plunging the country in a state of anarchy.
He seeks to have his application heard urgently and for court to grant orders throwing out Mboya’s petition.
Judge Chacha Mwita directed parties to exchange
pleadings within 10 days before he gives directions on
March 5.
