William Ruto
Again, Supreme Court of Kenya has further affirmed victory of William Ruto as President-elect.
The Deputy president of Kenya, William Ruto, was on August 15 declared the country’s President-elect after winning the presidential election on August 15 with 50.4% of the votes cast.
The victory of Ruto was however rejected by his main opponent, Raila Odinga.
Odinga, alongside five petitioners had filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking the quashing of the entire process for alleged irregularity.
He alleged that only Mr Chebukati had access to the tally of the presidential votes while denying all the commissioners access.
Passing judgement on Monday, a seven-man panel of the apex court led by Chief Justice Martha Koome held that they are not persuaded by the allegations that the technology deployed by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission failed to pass the transparency test.
The panel also added that scrutiny report on the ballots by the registrar of the apex court did not reveal any security breach as alleged by the petitioners.
However, the court disagreed with the IBEC Chairman, Wafula Chebukati, that Kenya constitution vests on him the powers to declare results.
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