Kenya: House Dissolution Would Lead to a Crisis, IEBC Tells Court

Kenya would be thrown into a constitutional crisis should President Uhuru Kenyatta dissolve Parliament as advised by retired Chief Justice David Maraga, the electoral agency has told the High Court.

In its submissions before a five-judge bench in Nairobi that is hearing 10 petitions filed in relation to Justice Maraga's advisory, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said there is a lacuna in law on how mass by-elections would be held in case the House is dissolved.

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