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William Samoei Ruto election has been upheld by the Supreme Court Of Kenya on Monday 5th September 2022.
This means that Mr. Ruto will be sworn in as the Head of State on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
It is exactly 15 years since the country experienced violence following a disputed presidential election which led to the bloodshed that left at least 1,300 people dead and over 600,000 displaced.
The ruling by seven Judges of the Supreme Court who include; Chief Justice Martha Koome, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Justice William Ouko, Justice Isaac Lenaola, Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u, Justice Smokin Wanjala, and Justice Mohamed Ibrahim said that the election was conducted in a free and fair manner.
The first determination in the case was whether the simplicity test the petitioners said the IEBC’s voter identification kits failed the simplicity test as required by the Constitution.
Chief Justice Martha Koome said that they were not persuaded that technology failed the test “with reasons that in as much as it was true that KIEMS kit failed in 235 polling stations, 86889 voters were granted the right to vote manually and the requisite forms 32A were successfully filled.”
