Martha Karua Says She Does Not Recognize Ruto as President
Nark-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has said she does not recognize William Ruto as the duly elected President of the Republic of Kenya.
Karua, who spoke during an interview with BBC News on Thursday, stated that while the law recognizes Ruto as the president, she does not.
“The law recognizes him (Ruto). But not me,” Karua said.
Karua contested the August 9th election as the running mate of Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga, who emerged second behind President Ruto.
Ruto was declared the winner of the presidential election after garnering 7,176,141, representing 50.49 percent of the total votes, while Odinga secured 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent).
Odinga and Karua challenged the outcome of the presidential election at the Supreme Court, but a seven-judge bench of the apex court unanimously ruled that Ruto was validly elected as Kenya’s fifth president, having attained the 50 percent plus one vote requirement.
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 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.
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the presidential election petition, Karua said she respects the verdict although she does not agree with its findings.
“The court has spoken. I respect but disagree with the findings,” she said in September.
Comments (14)
Hot air in a kitenge. Hit the runway
Ruto is the president and you can take that to the bank, you had high hopes of being DP but you joined the losing party be a woman enough to take the loss tiga wana wa irigu twiciragia wi mutumia
Who cares? I also dont recognize her as the president, but it does not mean anything to any one.
William Ruto is illegitimate. People are not that stupid.
Sorry madam Karua. That doesn't change the fact. Now join your baba and sing a chorus..
Mrs Njoka and githaria WaMugunda accompanied witch Raila to Zanzibar for massage by Wambui Mbote last week.
Nobody does.
Kenyans cannot follow someone like William Ruto. People are not that stupid.
Loser!!!!
Sometimes silence is golden. Now you starting to sound like a broken record....like a loser. I know you are not. Save face mama. You are one of the women of substance in Kenya.... Ulipanda the wrong farasi.
People are not that stupid.
We all know William Ruto did not win that election.
Wa Karua. Not recognizing Ruto as your president means nothing. Zero. Continue to lie to yourself for the next 5 year.
Martha should position herself as the next big thing in politics in Kenya, but unfortunately, she is playing stupid.
Look at what Kalonzo Musyoka is doing.
I love Martha because she is strong, but she is making the Same mistake Raila did.
Another student of Professor Makau mutua's school of thought who vowed never to recognize Uhuru, but was shouting his excellence Uhuru just the other day.When anger subsides, you will come back to your senses sister Martha!
Give the Ruto regime six months and a lot of Kenyans will be sick and tired. It follows the pattern, enter new regime, stealing starts,murders follow, public outcry starts, impunity follows. Martha, you won't be alone for long, lots of folks will soon be sharing your views.