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Jun,02-2022 15:05:56
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Roots party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah has been cleared to contest for presidency in the August 9, elections.
Wajackoyah had been turned away on Monday because of insufficient signatures.
He managed to meet the requirements on Thursday when he reappeared before IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati.
He now becomes the second candidate to be cleared after Walter Mong'are of the Umoja Summit Party.
Appearing before at the Bomas of Kenya, he was accompanied by his running mate Justina Wamae who donned a black dress and a Rastafari scarf.
"We can now confirm that you have met the minimum requirements...we have accepted your nomination as a Presidential candidate for the 2022 General Election...congratulations," Chebukati said.
The IEBC chair awarded him with the certificate while urging him to conduct peaceful campaigns.
In his address, Wajackoyah could not hide his joy thanking God and the electoral commission which he said had people of integrity.
"Kenya is attaining the highest level of democracy, I want to thank the President for empowering this institution with the required resources to make it make proper determinations that are acceptable and that will go down as milestones of this country," he noted.
But who exactly is George Luchiri Wajakoyah?
The 61-year-old professor was born in Matungu in the western part of Kenya. Unfortunately, his parents divorced and abandoned him at the age of three. Frustrated and in a quest to find his mother, Wajackoyah went to Busia, with an aim of travelling to Uganda, where it was claimed that she had moved to.
But he was unsuccessful in his bid to reunite with his mother. He met many challenges along the way. But he also met strangers who were willing to give him a helping hand.
With nowhere to go, Wajackoyah moved to Nairobi where he spent years on the streets of Nairobi, roaming around with other boys who were also homeless before a well-wisher rescued him.
He was lucky when the then Education Minister, the late Joseph Kamotho, was informed of his plight and helped pay his school fees at St. Peter’s Mumias Boys High School for his A-levels.
Wajackoyah then got the chance to study Law at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom where he graduated in 1996.
He graduated with a master of law in development from the University of Warwick in 1998 and a master of laws (us law) in 2006 from the University of Baltimore.
He has also taught law and economics, human rights, and comparative constitutional and international law at US, UK and Kenyan universities.
Wajackoyah is the founding partner of Luchiri & Co Advocates and has practised law for at least 25 years.
Like his campaign, Wajackoyah’s post-election plans are equally unconventional. If elected president, the lawyer is pledging to create eight prime minister positions in his government, suspend the constitution for six months, change working days to Monday through Thursday, and clear Kenya's loans through sale of marijuana.
Wajackoyah, who is running on a Roots Party ticket has named Justina Wambui Wamae as his running mate.
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Source:
The Star
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