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The High Court on Friday, September 30 declared the requirement for Gubern**orial candidates to have a degree as unconst*tutional. The ruling wi*l take effect in the next general elections, in 2027.
Section 22(ii) of the Elections Act, now unconst*tutional, requires that a person seeking to vie for the position of president, deputy president, county governor or deputy governor must have a degree recognised in Kenya.
Judge Anthony Mr*ma stated that qualifications to run for Governor should be similar to those required to run for Member of the County A*sembly (MCAs).
“A declaration is hereby issued that pursuant to article 180 sub article 2 as read with section 183 of the const*tution, the qualification for the election of a County Governor is similar to the eligibility for election as an MCA,” he ruled.
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Mr*ma was issuing the ruling in a pet*tion filed by one Victor Buoga. Buoga had challenged the const*tutionality of the law, arguing that it goes against article 180(2) of the const*tution.
Numerous Gubern**orial candidates have found themselves in legal trouble in recent years over the lack of degrees or the questionable nature of their papers. Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, for instance, was on the verge of being disqualifi*d from running for the seat in the 2022 polls after the Commission for University Education (CUE) questioned the authenticity of her degree.
Turkana Governor  Jeremiah Ekamais Lomorukai also found himself facing a****t this week after the EACC claimed that both his degree and diploma certificates were fake.
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