The Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday, September 5, ruled that Deputy President William Ruto was validly elected as the fifth president of the Republic of Kenya.
While delivering the judgment, the seven-judge bench validated the results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission – IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati.
According to the judgment, Ruto met the constitutional threshold of 50 per cent +1 of the total valid votes cast and garnered 25 per cent of the votes cast in at least 24 counties.
“We declare the election of the first respondent as valid,” Koome stated.
“It is our finding that the declared President-elect attained 50 per cent plus one of the of the votes cast in accordance to the Constitution,” Koome noted.
In addition, the seven-judge bench ruled that IEBC conducted the verification and tallying of the votes before announcing the final results.
“We take cognisance of the fact that the fourth, fifth sixth and seventh respondents actively participated in the verification and tallying exercise from the beginning until just before the declaration of results to nullify an election,” stated the Chief Justice.
The court further threw out allegations by chief petitioner Raila Odinga that the forms 34A on the Commission’s portal were dissimilar to those sent from the polling station.
The president-elect will be sworn into office on or before Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
