Kenyans and the International community are waiting eagerly for the decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) vis-a-vis the presidential election petition.
Commissioner Justus Nyang'aya accuses IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati of reassigning his ICT role to another staffer without an explanation. He also claims 377 unauthorized people accessed the IEBC server on election day. And that a person named Gudino Omor, gained full access to the IEBC servers since June, and altered documents without following protocols.
Commissioner Prof. Abdi Guliye alleged the National Security Organ wanted the Presidential election Results changed in favor of the Azimio Ticket of Raila Odinga and Martha Karua because failure to declare Odinga the winner, could lead to violence.
Queen of the North Hezena Lameletian, accused Marriott of seeking to declare DP William Ruto the President even before the results were announced. The High Commissioner has insisted the UK remains neutral and pointed to a statement they released urging leaders and political parties to follow all existing mechanisms of conflict resolution provided in the Kenyan constitution.
The petition filed with the Supreme Court requests the Supreme Court to nullify the election that saw IEBC Chairman Declare DP William Ruto the winner. The Azimio team brought a truckload of evidence to the Supreme Court. In total 9 petitions challenging Ruto's election and IEBC conduct of the election, and one challenging Odinga's claims have been filed with the Supreme Court.
The delegation led by Sen. Chris Coons (D-De) a close ally to US President Joe Biden and US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman, signals the US considers Kenya an important strategic partner in the region. The US has, however, come short of formally congratulating Deputy President William Ruto as Kenya's President Elect.
Chairman Chebukati declared Ruto won 50.49 percent of the vote, while Raila Odinga won 48.85 percent. Ruto thanked God for his victory and assured those who treated him badly that they have nothing to fear as he would not seek vengeance.
Ruto beat great odds to win a hotly-contested election. But his win is likely to be challenged in court after some of the electoral body commissioners objected to declaring him president-elect and the opposition claimed IEBC rigged the vote.