A voter who sought nullification of Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua’s election has been sentenced to one month in civil jail for failing to pay the petition’s legal cost of Sh9.5 million.
Mr Michael Gichuru, a photographer in Karatina town was sentenced Monday by Nyeri High Court Deputy Registrar Nelly Kariuki. He was sentenced after Mr Gachagua’s lawyer Wahome Gikonyo moved to court seeking orders for committal to civil jail unless he (Mr Gichuru) pays the sum of Sh9,518,972, costs which arose from the election petitioner.
