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.
Comments (9)
Hoping that this time, they identify the person in Azimio who doctored the form 34a. Every lawyer (and especially a SC) understand that one does not present doctored documents to the court.
Haki hawa wanasiasa wana mambo. The Supreme Court of Kenya is the court of last resort and cannot, and will not be overruled by the East African Court of Justice. I do not know the requirements for a commonwealth state to lodge a case at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council but a ruling in that court will be believed by most Kenyans si hii ya akina Martha Koome, Ferdnand Waititu, Mike Mbuvi Sonko, na Judge Odunga.
After that the central Africa and the Horn. Keep moving with the lorry
Martha Karua, her comrade Raila and their chairman Uhuru are in the process of fading into obscurity and they're welcome to perform their last kicks. Martha will never win another political position in Mt Kenya, same for anyone else remotely connected to Uhuru. She blundered Big time by following Uhuru.
The nonsense of a sideshow
actions similar to a jilted lover. Good efforts to remain relevant though.
This is not Martha Karua’s own decision to take the already closed case to East African court. It’s a decision with every blessing from the two Azimio Amigos. Raila and Uhuru. And as I have said before, these guys are upto no good for the country Kenya. They are trying every other thing however stupid to see into that they cause chaos or destabilize the country for their own selfish benefits.
I say go Martha until you say it's over and not any one-else...Aluta de continua!
She has nothing to loose as billionaire Kenyans are financing the case plus her and WaMugunda residency at Mt.Kilimanjalo forest.