What did the court decide?

Paul Simba Arati

Kenyan politician who has been Governor of Kisii County since August 2022 and was previously Member of Parliament for Dagoretti North.

Latest ruling source 27 Mar 2026Docket checked 26 Oct 20268 sources

1. Question

   What did the court decide?

2. Where it stands

   DecidedWhere it stands

   1 case recorded. Most recent: County Government of Kisii & Hon. Paul Simba Arati, Governor, County Government of Kisii & 1 other v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & Robert Monda (decided).

3. Detail

   County Government of Kisii & Hon. Paul Simba Arati, Governor, County Government of Kisii & 1 other v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & Robert Monda

   Decided

   Court

   High Court of Kenya at Kisii

   Case number

   Constitutional Petition No. E6 of 2024

   Filed

   2024

   Parties

   County Government of Kisii and Governor Paul Simba Arati and 1 other (Petitioners) v IEBC and Robert Monda (Respondents)

   What was claimed

   Concerned the IEBC's gazettement of a County Returning Officer for clearance of a nominated Deputy Governor of Kisii County; Robert Monda was the second respondent. The full pleadings were not read.

   What the court decided

   Judgment delivered on 4 July 2024 by Lady Justice Teresa Achieng Odera, directing the IEBC Commission Secretary/CEO to execute the gazette notice; Gazette Notices 8438 (8 July 2024) and 8439 (11 July 2024) followed, the latter declaring Elijah Obebo qualified for appointment as Deputy Governor.^{1 2}

4. Judgments and reports

   1. PrimaryGazette Notice No. 8438: Appointment of County Returning Officer for Clearance of Nominated Deputy Governor (Kenya Gazette Special Issue Vol. CXXVI No. 100)IEBC / Kenya Gazette · 8 Jul 2024
   2. PrimaryGazette Notice No. 8439: Nomination of the Deputy Governor, Kisii County (Kenya Gazette Special Issue Vol. CXXVI No. 101)IEBC / Kenya Gazette · 11 Jul 2024

Legal status: Public Figure Record Verified

Docket note

26 Oct 2026 Published after review.

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