Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga had last week filed a petition at the Supreme Court of Kenya challenging the election of William Ruto as the fifth president-elect.
In his petition, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition captain alleged that the August 9, presidential election was marred with irregularities and that did not reflect the will of the majority of Kenyan voters.
But on Monday, September 5, the seven judges of the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Raila’s presidential petition and upheld the election of Ruto as the legal fifth president-elect.
This saw allies of William Ruto led by exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna flood social media to mock the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party.
“The despot tried to mess up the IEBC process through the DCI, Juliana Cherera, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit, Wanderi, Fred Matiangi, Karanja kibicho, Joe Mucheru, and Ezra Chiloba with the desperate hope that the Supreme Court would be gullible and nullify William Ruto’s victory. Ng’ooo!” Miguna Miguna said.
But on Tuesday, September 6, city lawyer Donald Kipkorir asked the Kenya Kwanza Alliance leaders to accord them the necessary support as they bemoan the Supreme Court’s loss.
In a statement, the flamboyant lawyer pleaded with the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) leaders to allow them enough time to grieve saying that “time heals.”
“Dear UDA aka Kenya Kwanza, for those of us who are orphans of Raila ODINGA, the Doyen and Living Statesman of Kenya’s History, kindly be magnanimous in victory and allow us to grief,” Kipkorir said in a Tweet.
The lawyer, a staunch supporter of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga assured the Kenya Kwanza Alliance that they will support the president-elect to fully fulfill his campaign manifesto once they are healed.
“After our grieve, we will join you in nation-building. We ran the race: we did our best,” the lawyer added.
