Parties escape penalty for illegal recruitment of members

Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that four petitioners had not attached an electronic evidence certificate to authenticate data collected from UDA, Jubilee and Farmers parties...

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The High Court has declined to penalize political parties for the illegal recruitment of members after ruling that electronic evidence provided by petitioners was inadmissible.

Four petitioners, including the Katiba Institute, sued parties like UDA, Jubilee, and Farmers Party for allegedly registering them without consent.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled against the petitioners because they failed to attach a certificate of electronic evidence to authenticate their data.
The court noted that while the Registrar of Political Parties received at least 200 complaints, the petitioners' electronic evidence lacked the legal threshold for admissibility, causing the petition to collapse for want of proof.

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