The High Court has suspended the candidature of Mohamed Subei Gedi who was eyeing for the Fafi Constituency seat.

Gedi was nullified to contest in the constituency for holding citizenship in three countries included United States of America (USA), Kenya and Somalia. 

Delivering the ruling , Lady Justice Abida Aroni noted that Gedi's registration by IEBC as unconstitutional, null and void and ordered withdrawal of the Clearance Certificate. 

“The 1st Respondent is not qualified to run for the position of Member of Parliament for Fafi Constituency. Under Article 78 (1) of CoK, a person is not eligible for election to a State office unless the person is a citizen of Kenya,"the Judge ruled.

Gedi was to battle it out with UDA's Salah Yakub, Jubilee's Abdikain Osman and KANU's Mohamed Diis Shafat in the August 9, elections.

He was expected to contest on an Amani National Congress Party (ANC) ticket.

The case was mentioned last week Friday after the candidate appealed on Monday, July 25.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Wednesday said delays due to pending court battles will interfere with the arrival of ballot papers for different selective seats.

The commission has  now been forced to push forward the tentative arrival time to August 3.

The Commission had scheduled all the 132 million ballot papers to be in the country by July 29 but the delay in ruling the cases had overstretched the polls body timelines.

“As soon as the court gives us a ruling we proceed to print. Most of the things have been held up so that we wait for the rulings. I want to assure you that once the ruling is out we proceed to print. That’s why the last delivery will be on the August 3, which is on the extreme end,” said IEBC Vice Chair Juliana Cherera.