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Raila Odinga wants Supreme Court to declare him presidential election winner

by Enock Ndayala

On Monday, August 15, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati declared William Ruto presidential election winner.

In the controversial results that four out of the seven IEBC commissioners disowned the results, Ruto garnered 7, 176, 141 (50.49 percent) of the valid votes cast against Raila’s 6,942,930 (48.85 percent).

But Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party flag bearer Raila Odinga rejected the presidential results and vowed to challenge them in court.

On Monday, August 15, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati declared William Ruto presidential election winner.
On Monday, August 15, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati declared William Ruto presidential election winner. Photo: Raila Odinga/Twitter

According to the Kenyan Constitution, the former Prime Minister is expected to file the petition by Monday, August 22, at 2:00 pm.

Constitutionally, the Supreme Court has 14 days to hear and determine the case.

It has at least two options; to uphold Chebukati’s declaration of William Ruto as the president-elect or declare the election null and void and order a repeat of the presidential election.

However, these are not the only options available to the court as its verdict will depend on the prayers made by Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga.

Sources within Raila’a legal team told the People Daily Newspaper that the former Lang’ata MP is likely to ask the Supreme Court to order a fresh tallying of presidential votes and declare him presidential election winner.

Sources privy to the affidavit being compiled by Raila’s legal team intends to use four main grounds in the petition that William Ruto, Rigathi Gachagua, and IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati will be among those listed as correspondents.

Manipulation of Forms 34A that led to the alleged posting of fake results into the IEBC portal, discrepancies in announced presidential results in the vote-rich Mt Kenya and parts of Rift Valley, failure to account for spoilt votes, and the decision by Chebukati to run the affairs without involving his colleagues are among the four grounds Raila’s legal team is holding on.

Speaking after attending a church service on Sunday, August 21, Raila said he has credible evidence to challenge the declaration of William Ruto as the fifth president-elect.

“The victory of the people will not be stolen. The victory of the people will be known because we know it,” he said.

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