Karani, who was elected on an ODM ticket, is staring at a by-election after the High Court also nullified his election earlier in March.

The Court of Appeal and the High Court agreed that ruled that the campaigns were perverted and the polls compromised.

The verdict followed a petition filed by Karani's rival, David Ochieng, who argued that his campaign was hampered after he was accused of having a hand in killing of IEBC ICT manager Chris Msando.

In the elections held on August 8, Ochieng who ran on a Growth (MDG) party garnered 23,418 votes against his challenger, ODM’s Mr Chris