Fifty five advocates have Thursday been struck off the role of advocates for professional misconduct chief justice Evan Gicheru has said.

Law Society of Kenya collective officer Apollo Mbogo told the Chief Justice that 26 other lawyers have been suspended for either theft, failure to attend court among other misdemeanors.

The chief justice called on the advocates to adhere to professional ethics and serve justice to all without discrimination.

He said this when he admitted 65 more lawyers to the bar bringing the total number of lawyers sworn in the country since independence to 8066.

Elsewhere tension gripped Bungoma town as Lady Justice Florence Muchemi dismissed an election petition by ODM candidate for Sirisia John Welukhe Koyi against foreign affairs minister Moses Wetangula.

The high court judge dismissed the application on grounds that the court process server was not registered to undertake the task.

Meanwhile before Justice Paul Kihara, Starehe Member of Parliament Margaret Wanjiru took to the dock to testify against a petition filed by her predecessor Maina Kamanda. Wanjiru told the court that chaos erupted when she was declared the winner.