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Moses Kuria had threatened to move to court to challenge the IEBC decision to hear his vote-rigging remarks.

The Independent Electoral And Boundaries Commission has been barred from summoning and hearing the vote-rigging case involving Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria.

Justice Anthony Mrima on Thursday issued temporary orders that barred IEBC from summoning Kuria till the case he filed by the MP is heard and determined

Moses Kuria had threatened to move to court to challenge the IEBC decision to hear his vote-rigging remarks arguing that the commission has no jurisdiction to do so.

The MP also threatened to expose the IEBC for failing to open the election servers as ordered by the Supreme Court of Kenya in the 2017 presidential petition.

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{Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria. IMAGE: COURTESY}

Kuria, during the UDA party NDC held at Kasarani Gymnasium, made remarks that appeared to suggest that the 2017 presidential elections were rigged in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

"Kuna wengine wanasema ati kura ya mlima itagawanywa; mheshimiwa Ann Waiguru, Rigathi Gachagua, Muthomi Njuki, Kimani Ichung’wa, Senator Linturi, Alice Wahome, Faith Gitau, Kimani wa Matangi…Sisi ndio tulikuwa tukishikilia Uhuru kura, na sisi ndio tulikuwa tunamuibia kura”.

On Monday, Justice Anthony Mrima quashed a decision of the electoral agency to summon Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Chege over similar remarks that the 2017 presidential election was marred by malpractices.

Mrima said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee does not have the powers to issue the summons.