Karua Moves to East African Court for a Review of Supreme Court Judgment on Ruto's Victory
Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition party presidential running mate Martha Karua has moved to the East African Court of Justice to challenge the Supreme Court’s ruling on the 2022 presidential election petition.
Karua, who filed the petition alongside Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) Director Khelef Khalifa on Thursday, is seeking an alternative opinion on the issues raised against IEBC and President Ruto at the apex court.
The two argue that the election commission failed to properly manage the August 9th elections by ceding critical aspects of the process such as the electoral technology and results management to persons it had no control over.
They submit that the Supreme Court failed them in their quest for a fair trial as the judges did not compel IEBC to supply all the information necessary to vindicate their rights.
Karua and Khalifa further claim that the Supreme Court refused to examine all the evidence presented before it, neglected to fully inquire into the technology applied while condoning IEBC’s cover-up in refusing to grant access to its technology critical to determining the matter fairly, in disregard of its own orders.
The seven judges of the Supreme Court unanimously upheld Ruto’s victory, dismissing all the nine issues in the consolidated presidential petition filed by Odinga, Karua and others.
The judges said that the petitioners failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that there was electoral malfeasance to warrant annulment.
“Any irregularities were not of such magnitude as to affect the final results of the presidential election,” the court ruled.
The court found that the technology used by the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) met the standards of “integrity, verifiability, security and transparency”.
The judges also said they did not find any evidence of hacking and that no evidence was produced to show that IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati and other IEBC officials were involved.