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Topic: BREAKING NEWS:STAREHE MP Margaret Wanjiru loses her parliamentary seat

Another Kenyan MP loses seat
By:Margaret Kalekye.
Fri, Jul 30, 2010


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Starehe MP Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has lost her parliamentary seat after the high court ruled that she was not validly elected during the 2007 elections.

Wanjiru who is also the housing assistant minister now becomes the seventh legislator to be sent home  through an election petition.

Justice Kihara Kariuki ruled on Friday that the ODM MP was not validly elected in thepoll that was marred by violence and other election malpractices.

Former MP Maina Kamanda in his petition had asked the court to announce him the area MP if at all Wanjiru loses in the petition. 

Justice Kariuki however declined to declare the former Sports Minister saying the 2007 poll was marred by many irregularities and that only a by-election would be sufficient to determine the winner.

According to a vote recount conducted in April this year, Bishop Wanjiru trailed Kamanda by a margin of 14-thousand votes.

Kamanda emerged the winner with 49,306 votes against Bishop Wanjiru's 34,871, a difference of 14,435.

Wanjiru who vied the seat on an ODM ticket was announced winner after defeating Kamanda of PNU by 895 votes.

Kamanda moved to court immediately after the results were announced seeking a redress claiming the whole election was riddled with irregularities.

The vote scrutiny registered several anomalies ranging from failure by the presiding officers to sign Form 16A.

It was also discovered party agents failed to sign the forms as required by law and no reason was given.

From the outcome of the scrutiny, 35 ballot boxes could not be traced to any polling station.

This is the seventh judgment made by the High Court on election petition filed since the 2007 general election.

Other MPs who have lost their seats through election petitions in the Tenth Parliament include former Cabinet minister and Matuga MP, Ali Chirau Mwakwere, and former assistant ministers, Joel Onyancha (Bomachoge) and Omingo Magara (South Mugirango) Dick Wathika (Makadara), George Thuo (Juja) and Abdirahman Ali Hassan (Wajir South).

Makwere recaptured his seat three weeks ago. Thuo, former government chief whip will know his fate September 20 when the by-election will be held.

Other pending petitions include those of Dr Boni Khalwale (Ikolomani), Simon Mbugua (Kamukunji),  Walter Nyambati (Kitutu Masaba) and Ngata Kariuki of Kirinyaga Central.

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Re: BREAKING NEWS:STAREHE MP Margaret Wanjiru loses her parliamentary seat

This is what everybody being taliking about. A bishop, doctor and reverend stealing votes in the name of Jesus? Isn't a shame for a woman who made billions preaching the Word of Godda to the poor by milking their meagre resources to her advantage? How could she demean and defecate on a man she married then advice his children to denounce their own dad? It is this shame and embarrasement that killed Mr. Kamangu. And a Kikuyu man doesn't die before coughing bitter words we call the Kikuyu curse. The consequences of her pride and arrogance and in  living in sulubrious glory is soon coming to an end. There were many ways of shaking off Mr kamangu's demand without calling him a jiggerman and claiming that she was ready to bury her when he died. I thought bishops or the clergy were supposed to be custodians of love, humility and forgiveness but not instruments of hate. "Usiwatukane wakunga na uzazi ungalipo," so the swahili saying goes. Lets see what's gonna be next Bishop Dr. Rev. Wanjiru. Ya dunia ni hapa hapa. Stealing votes is a great shame to Kenyans and your congregants and we cannot believe that you did that and later stood behind the pulpit to save the souls you have already destroyed. No wonder that was why you said nothing when Kenyans were butchered by ODM. The clock is ticking Dr Wanjiru. Start teaching your children how to respect the elderly particulary the father, because God demands us to do so.

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Maggy is my beloved preacher and am so,so sorry what has befollen her.So all i can tell my lady pastor is,i know the millions ,the body guards and the name mheshimiwa  are very tempting but please i beg u to stick  to one ministry, that is the ministry of Jehova!"mshika mbili moja humponyoka!God bless you pastor!

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Re: BREAKING NEWS:STAREHE MP Margaret Wanjiru loses her parliamentary seat

Well put Ushindimurwa. Bishop Wanjiru's knew all along that her days as an MP are numbered. She knew all along the election was rigged and she pretended that she is holly than thou. Time for Mr kamanda to be reelected as the Starehe MP. Shame on you Bishop.

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