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Safina Party presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi wants the court to stop the 2022 general election until the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is “cleaned up of the illegalities and what he termed as ‘Unconstitutionalism’ marring the commission, People Daily Digital has established.

Wanjigi had previously stormed out of the IEBC Disputes Resolution committee after the tribunal “unconstitutionally” upheld Wafula Chebukati’s decision to stop Wanjigi’s presidential candidature on grounds that he did not have a university degree certificate.

Wanjigi has moved to the High Court in Nairobi to seek conservatory orders, halting the printing of ballot papers that is slated to be on Thursday, June 30.

Through renowned lawyer Fred Ngatia, Wanjigi has told the court that he has the required university education qualifications and that Chebukati’s move to disqualify him smacks of discrimination and is ill-motivated.

Wanjigi has cited a 2013 judgment in favour of IEBC that allowed outgoing governor Hassan Ali Joho to vie on the strengths of his academic transcripts that ruled a degree is a process and not just a certificate.

At the time, Justice Isaac Lenaola, now Supreme Court judge, ruled that a graduation ceremony could not be used as a measure of having attained university education.

Wanjigi has told the court that the judgment has never been challenged and thus remains to be law.

Justice Jairus Ngaah wants IEBC to make its submissions by 3:00 pm today, to enable the court to give further directions.

Wanjigi has previously accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of being behind his troubles, saying the president does not want him on the ballot.