The Supreme Courtroom had delivered a unanimous verdict on Monday upholding William Ruto’s victory within the presidential ballot.
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga whose petition to nullify his rival William Ruto’s presidential election victory was thrown out by the Supreme Courtroom, has mentioned he revered the choice however disagreed.
“We respect the opinion of the court docket though we vehemently disagree with their resolution right this moment,” Odinga mentioned on Twitter on Monday, inside an hour of the court docket’s resolution.
The seven-member court docket had delivered a unanimous verdict upholding Ruto’s victory earlier within the day.
Chief Justice Martha Koome mentioned the court docket discovered no proof that the outcomes had been tampered by way of hacking of The Unbiased Electoral and Boundaries Fee’s (IEBC) servers, as was alleged by Odinga’s camp.
The choice paves the way in which for Ruto, 55, to be sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president within the coming days.
The defeat was Odinga’s fifth in 5 makes an attempt. He blamed a number of earlier losses on rigging. These disputes triggered violence that claimed greater than 1,200 lives in 2007 and greater than 100 lives 10 years later.
In 2017, he challenged his loss to Kenyatta however boycotted the rerun ordered by the Supreme Courtroom, during which he misplaced once more.
The election in East Africa’s wealthiest and most steady nation was seen as a democratic barometer for the remainder of the area.
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