{"id":442359,"date":"2011-06-16T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/16\/iiec-wants-mwakwere-court-award-reduced\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T12:34:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:34:03","slug":"iiec-wants-mwakwere-court-award-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/16\/iiec-wants-mwakwere-court-award-reduced\/","title":{"rendered":"IIEC Wants Mwakwere Court Award Reduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.1732037487\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>15 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 The interim electoral body has challenged a court&#8217;s decision to award Sh48 million to Trade minister Chirau Mwakwere and a voter who successfully petitioned against the 2007 Matuga parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) says the amounts awarded by Mombasa resident magistrate Tito Gesora were too high, baseless and unjustified.<\/p>\n<p>The commission was ordered to pay Mr Mwakwere Sh24,287,829 and Sh24,257,725 to Mr Ayub Mwakesi, the voter.<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate also ordered that the returning officer be paid Sh4 million after allegations of malpractice against him were dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gesora awarded the minister and the voter Sh18 million each as costs of the petition and Sh6 million each as instruction fees.<\/p>\n<p>However, IIEC director of legal and public affairs Praxedes Tororey says that the amounts should be reviewed to Sh1.8 million and Sh600,000, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Tororey said that in the by-elections held last July, the commission spent almost Sh50 million, and to impose costs of 48.5 million would involve a significant loss to the public coffers.<\/p>\n<p>The case will proceed on July 21.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106160782.html\" title=\"IIEC Wants Mwakwere Court Award Reduced\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IIEC Wants Mwakwere Court Award Reduced<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 15 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 The interim electoral body has challenged a court&#8217;s decision to award Sh48 million to Trade minister Chirau Mwakwere and a voter who successfully petitioned against the 2007 Matuga parliamentary elections. 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