Okiya Omtatah has sued the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for irregularly awarding the said tender to KPMG.
Last week, Justice Chacha Mwita struck out the case challenging the tender award to KPMG which had been filed by the Opposition in December last year.
An activist has gone to court to challenge the tender award for the audit of the voter register five days after a judge struck out a similar case on grounds that it lacked clarity.
Okiya Omtatah has sued the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for irregularly awarding the said tender to KPMG.
Through lawyer Apollo Mboya, he faults the electoral body for flouting the Election law in awarding tender No.
IEBC/05/2016-2017 for the consultancy services for auditing the voter register to the said firm in the absence of a properly constituted commission.
He argues that the suit could not be filed earlier because of an earlier case filed by the Opposition on the same issue which was not determined by the court and was merely dismissed based on a technicality.
“The elections are due to take place on August 8, there are timelines made by IEBC as well as the Elections Act within which the audit must be carried out and the register opened for inspection hence this matter is urgent because it touches on the right of millions of Kenyans to participate in free, fair polls,” Mr Mboya said.
Last week, Justice Chacha Mwita struck out the case challenging the tender award to KPMG which had been filed by the Opposition in December last year.
