Former Chief Justice Maraga Disowns a Tweet Endorsing Ruto’s Victory
Retired Chief Justice David Maraga has disowned a tweet purporting to endorse president-elect William Ruto’s victory in the August 9th presidential election.
The tweet quoted the former Chief Justice claiming that Ruto, who vied on a UDA party ticket, won the election fairly and that he should be sworn in on August 30th.
Maraga says the tweet circulating on social media is fake and urged Kenyans to ignore it.
“This tweet circulating on social media purporting to be authored by me is FAKE, please ignore,” Maraga said through his Twitter account.
Ruto was declared the winner of the August 9th presidential election after garnering 7,176,141 votes (50.49 percent of the total votes), defeating his main competitor Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition by 233,211 votes.
Odinga, who secured 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent), has filed a petition at the Supreme Court seeking to have Ruto’s victory nullified and a fresh presidential election held in strict conformity with the constitution and election laws.
Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua accuse Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati of subverting the will of the people by interfering with the presidential election.
Seven other petitions have been filed at the apex court challenging Ruto’s win. The Supreme Court has 14 days since Monday to hear and make its ruling on the petitions.
Comments (8)
They😁😲 RIGGING Tweets too? Wow!🤔
Look who is talking one of the useless SC president ever.This sda idiot cancelled Uhuru presidency almost caused chaos in the country cos he wanted his puppet Raila to win.When Raila refused to participate in repeated elections how comes you never punished him after the country spending lots of billions for the elections.Mr maraga u remained hated idiot.
He had the Judicial right to Do that. Fortunately for you and your Jomo godfather: Raila his Win not a Re-run. Raila didn't Want to Argue with Fools like You.hýý
Bro or sis or whoever you r, your sentiments are uttered out of anger. What does SDA has to do with this? I pity your words.
Maraga should just shut his bick. Who would ever listen to a loser?
How is he a lover? He was the chief justice of the Supreme Court. The highest court in the land.
These hackers are terrible. They hack everywhere spreading confusing messages to peace loving Kenyans. Who pays them for all that time?
Idiot! Shut the f**** up. You are as corrupt as hell fool.