Africa-Press – Kenya. The Azimio One Kenya spokesperson Makau Mutua has insisted that the Raila Odinga-led coalition did not concede defeat in the August polls.
Speaking on Saturday, he said that the Presidential elections were not over.
“No one should imagine that the Kenyan presidential election is over. We’ve never conceded anything. Stay tuned,” Mutua said.
The statement comes a day after Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua filed a petition at the East African Court of Justice challenging the Supreme Court of Kenya’s judgment on 2022 presidential elections.
In a reference filed at the court on Friday, Karua and Activist Khelif Khalifa argue that IEBC and the Supreme Court subverted democracy and undermined the rule of law through their actions in the 2022 presidential election.
Last month, Karua had hinted at taking the matter to the East African Court.
“But since the court gave its verdict, let Kenya continue and move forward, that is the rule of law and democracy,” she said.
“There is nowhere else we can go to argue on presidential election results, but we can take the case to another place, to understand if it is true our court gave us justice,” Karua added.
The Narc Kenya leader said her further persuasions will not be about the results anymore but more about seeking justice.
“Now is not about the election, it’s about justice, the court said our evidence was a hot air balloon, this, can take me to East Africa just to discuss that judgement,” she said.
On August 15, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati declared Ruto the President-elect after he defeated Raila and two other candidates in the August 9 poll.
Ruto had garnered 7.1 million votes, while Raila Odinga garnered 6.9 million.
However, his fierce competitor Raila of the Azimio la Umoja One coalition rejected the results terming them “null and void” and promised a bruising battle at the Supreme Court.
He filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging Ruto’s win but the petition was dismissed.
The Supreme Court confirmed Ruto’s victory in the August 9 election.
Reading the verdict of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Martha Koome said Ruto garnered 50 percent plus one vote cast required for one to be announced the winner.
Raila Odinga who was Azimio’s Presidential candidate said last month that the possibility of death and bloodshed from post-election violence and fear of International Criminal Court (ICC) charges compelled him to accept Ruto’s disputed win.
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