Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld William Ruto’s election as the country’s president-elect after dismissed the various petitions appealing the result of the 9 August election.
Ruto, Kenya’s Deputy President, was declared the winner of the August 9 election by the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) but his rival, Raila Odinga, had filed a suit challenging results of the election.
The court dismissed all nine issues of contention in the suit and the 55 years old is expected to sworn-in later this month, September 15 as Kenya’s president.
Delivering the ruling Monday morning, Chief Justice Martha Koome struck out Odinga’s suit and upheld Ruto’s election as the Kenya president-elect.
No credible evidence that the electronic voting transmission system had been tampered with by a supposed “middle man” was presented, she said.
Ms Koome also said that Mr Ruto had met the constitutional threshold of garnering 50%+1 of votes cast.
The ruling ends a protracted election dispute that started after polls closed last month.
Koome said, “This is a unanimous decision. The petitions are hereby dismissed, as a consequence we declare the first respondent (Ruto) as president-elect.”