Mombasa businessman Abubakar Ahmed Talib has finally been sworn in as a Nominated Member of Parliament (MP).

Talib was sworn in today (Thursday) by the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei.

This follows a court order following a row over the nomination slot within Wiper Party by ordering the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to gazette the name of Talib.

Talib ,who was number one on the nomination list,  had challenged the decision by Wiper to replace his name.

The court quashed the revised list that was issued to IEBC by the party, which replaced Talib’s name with that of Lucas Mulinge, saying the new list is illegal, null and void.

The court ruled the National Assembly party list submitted to and received by IEBC from Wiper on July 21 bearing the name of Talib as a nominee to the National Assembly is legal and valid.

In the case, Talib claimed that his name was unlawfully omitted from the Wiper party list.

He further said that without any consultation, Wiper put his name in the list of nominees for MCA Mombasa county, a position he never applied for.