Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld the election of William Ruto as the president-elect of the country.
Kenya’s Deputy President, Ruto was declared the winner of the August 9 election by the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission.
Raila Odinga the running mate of Ruto had filed a suit challenging the election results as announced by the IEBC in August.
Delivering the ruling on Monday morning, Chief Justice Martha Koome strike out the suit filed by Odinga and upheld the election of Ruto as the president-elect of Kenya.
Chief Justice Koome said, “This is a unanimous decision. The petitions are hereby dismissed, as a consequence we declare the first respondent (Ruto) as president-elect”.
The court dismissed all nine issues of contention in the suit.
Koome declared that the alleged irregularities in the election “…were not of such magnitude as to affect the final results of the presidential election.”
By the pinnacle of the court’s judgment, the deputy president, Ruto, will now assume office as Kenya’s president on September 13, 2022.
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