The Third Way Alliance presidential aspirant Ekuru Aukot has been disqualified from running for the presidency in the August 9th general election.

Aukot, who appeared for clearance by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) at Bomas of Kenya on Sunday, failed to provide signatures and copies of the national identity cards of 48,000 registered voters who endorsed his presidential bid.

He, however, protested the requirement and said it was impractical of the IEBC to demand supporters’ signatures and copies of IDs from the contestants.

Aukot said he ran for the presidency in the 2017 general election, and that during clearance at the time, he was not asked to produce any signatures or ID cards proving his endorsement by Kenyans.

“No Kenyan is willing to give you his ID card to photocopy, let us be realistic.

“I’m even wondering where the cleared candidates got the photocopied ID cards of Kenyans from.

“People want to be bribed so that they can give you their ID cards to photocopy,” Aukot said.