IEBC chairperson candidate, Abdulqadir Hussein Lorot, plans to implement recommendations the Supreme Court gave to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in its judgment of the 2022 presidential election petition.
Lorot, who was the first to appear before the IEBC selection panel, says that among his checklist items will be a push for the increase of the constitutionally provided presidential election petition determination period of fourteen days.
The duration, he says, is insufficient for the parties involved. "When we were drafting the Supreme Court election rules, balancing this period of fourteen days was very difficult," said Lorot. "How were we going to give parties time to file their documents to ensure that by the time the petition is ripe for hearing there is sufficient time," he further posed.
Chief Justice Martha Koome, and the seven judge Supreme Court bench she leads, has perennially found itself under immense pressure to deliver judgements on time in high stakes election petitions.
