WILLIAM RUTO’S ANNOUNCEMENT AS PRESIDENT-ELECT UPHELD
- The supreme court of Kenya has today upheld the election results of the 2022 general election results.
- The supreme court election petition result, therefore, upholds the declaration of William Ruto as the president-elect in the 2022 general election.
- The supreme court found the petitioner’s issues as having unsubstantial evidence to prove any irregularity in the conduction of the 2022 general election in Kenya by the IEBC.
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Today, the supreme court of Kenya has upheld the results of the 2022 general election by the IEBC. This comes after Raila Odinga through his legal team petitioned for the declaration of William Ruto as the president-elect in the 2022 general election by IEBC.
The supreme court found that:
- The forms 34A in the servers and those from the polling stations were matching and had not been tampered with in any way.
- There was no proof of voter suppression resulting from the postponing of voting in some sections of Kenya
- The distancing of 4 commissioners of IEBC from the results announced by the IEBC chairman was not enough reason to nullify an election that had not faced any substantial issues until the last minute.
- The declared president-elect attained a threshold of 50% plus 1 vote of the total votes cast.
Ruto’s Declaration As The President-elect In the 2022 Election Upheld By The Supreme Court
The announcement of William Ruto as the president-elect in the 2022 general election by the IEBC has been upheld today by the supreme court. The court found the petition of the IEBC announcement not to hold ground and substantial evidence to nullify the announcement.
William Ruto To Be Sworn-In As President On 13th September
Following the Upholding of his win in the 2022 presidential election in Kenya, William Ruto shall be sworn in as the 5th president of Kenya on the 13th of September 2022.
