{"id":68469,"date":"2022-09-16T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/court-ruling-not-inspired-by-god-but-by-the-devil-raila"},"modified":"2022-09-16T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:37:23","slug":"court-ruling-not-inspired-by-god-but-by-the-devil-raila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/court-ruling-not-inspired-by-god-but-by-the-devil-raila","title":{"rendered":"Court ruling not inspired by God but by the devil – Raila"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Azimio leader Raila Odinga has claimed that he believes the Supreme Court ruling was not inspired by God but rather by the devil.<\/p>\n

He spoke during a meeting with Azimio elected leaders in Machakos on Friday.<\/p>\n

Raila said Chief Justice Martha Koome had already defended the judgement even before the final release of detailed ruling.<\/p>\n

“The Chief Justice has gone out to a funeral in her village and defended the judgment even before she gives out the detailed ruling, Supreme court is now in politics and she said that the ruling was inspired by God, I believe it was inspired by the devil,” Raila said.<\/p>\n

Raila said it was evidence that the courts sold it soul.<\/p>\n

“Actions of Koome demeans the dignity of the Chief Justice office. She has destroyed what her predecessors achieved,” he said.<\/p>\n

Raila said that the words Koome used while giving the ruling have never been used in court before.<\/p>\n

“We have noticed the attitude, the thuggery, the corruption… the words Supreme Court used against us have never been used even in the dark days of single party rule and state capture of the Judiciary,” Raila said.<\/p>\n

“The Chief Justice described our case presented by the country’s finest legal minds as no more than hot air, a wild goose chase, incredible and hearsay evidence.”<\/p>\n

Raila claimed rigging in the August 9 general election did not just happen at the presidential level.<\/p>\n

He said Azimio candidates were rigged out in favour of UDA candidates in the elections of the lower seats.<\/p>\n

“At the presidential level, it is not possible to tell whether we had elections at all. But even at the lower level of polls, I believe that a number of our people were rigged out to pave way for a UDA majority and during election petition, this should have been proved to be the case,” Raila said.<\/p>\n

Raila was accompanied by his running mate Martha Karua and other Azimio leaders.<\/p>\n

This was the first meeting of the coalition following the inauguration of William Ruto as the country\u2019s fifth President.
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