Lawyer: Wajackoyah needs mental test

A city lawyer has moved to court seeking to overturn the nomination of Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah citing his state of mind. 

Benard Okello wants the court to order the electoral commission to provide information as to Wajackoyah’s mental status from a certified Government examiner.

According to Okello, the Constitution is under serious threat as Wajackoyah has promised to suspend it once elected.

Okello notes that on June 30, Wajackoyah released and or made public his official manifesto, which had 10 points’ agenda that were at large a threat to the Constitution and the rights enshrined in the supreme law.   

 Wajackoyah, in his manifesto, stated that he will legalise bhang, snake farming, export dog meat, hang the corrupt, suspend the Constitution, shut down the Standard Gauge Railway, introduce a four-day work week, move the capital city to Isiolo, create eight states and deport all idle foreigners.

“By allowing Wajackoyah to proceed to the ballot as a presidential candidate, is a serious threat to the Constitution, as he has made his intention clear and threatened to suspend parts of the Constitution,” Okello says in court documents.

Bad faith

Lawyer further argues that Wajackoyah’s intentions are based on malice and bad faith with the capability of throwing the country into a dark past, consequently painting a bad image to the international community. 

He further claims Wajackoyah at one time, in televised interviews, confirmed that he had acquired UK citizenship.

“Respondent also revealed that he is married to an American citizen, who has never acquired Kenyan citizenship and that his children were born in America and have never been in the country, indicating his allegiance is to another country,” Okello claims.

Okello now wants the court to direct Wajackoyah, IEBC and British High Commission to provide information as to the citizenship status of the Roots Party presidential candidate to clarify his qualification to contest for the presidency.

He also wants Wajackoyah stopped from being given any public resources for purposes of campaigning until his petition is heard and determined.

Public office

Okello also wants all other presidential candidates and aspirants contesting for elective positions to be subjected to a compulsory mental assessment test by a State examiner to determine their fitness to run for public office.

“To some extent, it has occurred to the petitioner that the First Respondent may not be of sound mind. Also worryingly is that IEBC did not make public the finding of assessment of the qualifications of presidential candidates either on their mental soundness, citizenship and other criterion set by the Constitution as a requirement,” Okello argued.