Blind Kenyan singer goes to court over rejected presidential candidacy

Reuben Kigame, centre, in Nairobi, after Kenya’s Electoral Commission disqualified him from running in the presidential election. Photograph: @chebet_birir

A gospel singer who wants to be Kenya’s first disabled presidential candidate has brought a case in the country’s courts after being barred from the electoral race.

Reuben Kigame, who is blind, filed against Kenya’s Electoral Commission (IEBC) last Tuesday, claiming he had been blocked from entering the 9 August election.