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IEBC presents the election results to Chief Justice

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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has presented the election results to the Chief Justice Willy Mutunga in accordance with the constitution.

Isaac Hassan presented the documents to CJ at the Supreme Court in the flanked by fellow IEBC Commissioners as members of the public and the press witnessed.

Speaking to members of the press, the CJ expressed happiness with a peaceful election and assured Kenyans that the Judiciary is ready and prepared to adjudicate a poll petitions.

The presentation comes on the same day that Coalition for Reforms and Democracy is expected to file a petition challenging the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president.

Cord’s legal team will be led renowned lawyer George Oraro with cabinet ministers Mutula Kilonzo, James Orengo and Ababu Namwamba and former AG Amos Wako being part of the legal team.

The Supreme Court must settle the matter within 14 days from the filing date of the suit.

The case will be the first major test for the reforming Judiciary after Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the CORD presidential flag bearer in the just concluded General Election, announced on Saturday at his home in Lavington, Nairobi, that the alliance had rejected the confirmation of Uhuru as Kenya’s fourth President by the IEBC. -Standard Digital






 
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