Raila Odinga accepts Supreme Court Ruling.
Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga has come out and said he respects Monday’s ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the election of President-elect William Ruto.
Through a statement on Monday, Raila said the Azimio outfit stands for the rule of law and respects the apex court’s verdict although they strongly disagree with it.
“We have always stood for the rule of law and the constitution. In this regard, we respect the opinion of the court although we vehemently disagree with their decision today,” said Raila.
“Our lawyers proffered irrefutable evidence and the facts were on our side, unfortunately the judges saw it otherwise,” he added.
Led by Chief Justice Martha Koome, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the election of President-elect William Ruto in the August 9 polls.
"We declare the election of the first respondent as President-elect to be valid..." Chief Justice Martha Koome ruled at 1:34PM.
Raila however indicated it was “incredible” that the Supreme Court would dismiss all the nine issues they had raised with the presidential results in their petition.
“We find it incredible that the judges found against us on all nine (9) grounds and occasion resulted in unduly exaggerated language to refute our claims,” he said.
“This judgement is by no means the end of our movement, in fact it inspires us to redouble our efforts to transform this country into a prosperous democracy where each and every Kenyan can find their full belonging.” The ODM patron stated further.
The Azimio-One Kenya head while appreciating their supporters also noted, “We will be communicating in the near future on our plans to continue our struggle for transparency, accountability and democracy.”
Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua had moved to court challenging William Ruto’s election.
IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati on August 15 declared Dr. Ruto as the winner of the presidential election after garnering 7,176,141 votes, representing 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast.
Raila Odinga came in second with 6,942,930 votes, which represents 48.85 per cent of the votes cast.
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