The Nairobi gubernatorial seat fell vacant in December after Sonko was impeached by the county assembly and the decision upheld by the Senate over corruption charges.
Interestingly, Waititu was also impeached in a similar fashion earlier this year and it will be interesting to see how he handled the IEBC hurdle.
He, however, remains optimistic.
“I have been cleared by the Registrar of Political Parties to vie as an independent candidate as the next Governor of Nairobi. There is no election law that can (sic) bar me from contesting for the seat because I am only a suspect of an economic crime because no court has ever convicted me,” he told the Nation.
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