Safina party presidential candidate Jimi Wanjigi is set to appear before the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) Dispute Resolution Committee to fight for his bid in his final attempt at the presidency in this year's elections.

He is among other 160 disgruntled aspirants who filed disputes with the electoral body over being locked out from the nomination exercise that was concluded on June 7 and will be appearing before the commission at the the Milimani Law Courts to settle their grievances.

Wanjigi claims that he was unfairly disqualified when the IEBC found that he lacked a university degree certificate yet he was in possession of proof that he had completed his studies in his Bachelor's degree pending graduation in December 2022, which to him was not reason to lock him out of the race.

"I am a graduate and I am in fact doing a master's in diplomacy now at the same school. I have graduated and that is not in question. What we need to ask ourselves is if there is a court order on what graduation is. 

"Why is the IEBC changing its goal post when it comes to Wanjigi?" he posed

IEBC is expected to make determinations of the disputes within a two week period after which it will embark on preparation of ballot papers that should be completed by the end of June.

Another aspirant who will be making his way before the commission is Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot who was disqualified over the lack of photocopies of the IDs of his 48000 supporters from the 24 counties, which he termed as impractical.

Aukot alleged that the IEBC had a 'predetermined outcome' of the polls and went ahead with the disqualification of other aspirants to clear the way for some aspirants.

 “To the extent that the Commission appeared bent on disqualifying our nominees, the Commission’s decision violated the rules of natural justice and the requirement that such a decision by a public body must rely only on relevant considerations,” Aukot stated through his legal team.

IEBC is racing against time with less than sixty days to the polls, and is expected to ensure that the disputes will not deter its preparation, as it continues to push for the completion of the  audit of the voter register to give a go ahead for the printing of ballot papers.