The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission on Wednesday held a crisis meeting following a High Court ruling vacating the requirement for presidential candidates to submit 48,000 signatures before being cleared to run.

With the fresh development from the courts, the commission has been forced to go back to its drawing board to ponder on the order.

Justice Antony Mrima made a ruling that vacated the mandatory need for presidential aspirants to submit at least 48,000 signatures and copies of identification cards or passports.

The ruling essentially opened the doors once again for all presidential candidates who were initially disqualified back to the race and poses a major setback for the electoral body which now has to explore all the available options.

Unless the IEBC appeals against the court ruling, the August election will most definitely feature more presidential candidates than any other in the country.

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Reuben Kigame and Ekuru Aukot are among the presidential candidates who were dropped off the race for lack of the requisite qualifications and are among the leaders who have welcomed the ruling.

Kigame opined that the IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati is not fit to hold that position and the election should be postponed.

"For a chair of IEBC, Wafula Chebukati is the wrong person. Even after leaving me out of the nomination process, he did not include me among the four that were nominated as candidates," Kigame said.