RAILA AMOLO ODINGA IS SET TO FILE HIS THIRD PETITION IN THE SUPREME COURT, TO ASK THE COURT TO NULLIFY DR. WILLIAM RUTO’S PRESIDENTIAL WIN. RAILA TOOK SUCH A PETITION IN 2013, BUT THE COURT DID NOT APPROVE HIS PETITION FOR THE LACK OF ENOUGH EVIDENCE, AND IN 2017, RAILA DID THE SAME AND THE COURT RULED IN HIS FAVOUR BY ODERING FOR A RE-RUN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POST
THIS TIME, RAILA IS EXPECTED TO TAKE HIS PETITION TO THE SUPREME COURT TODAY. WHAT RAILA IS EXPECTED TO HAVE, IS A STRONG EVIDENCE, THAT WILL CONVINCE THE COURT TO NULLIFY RUTO’S WIN. IF THE COURT FINDS ANY RIGHT IN RAILA’S PETITION, THEN IT HAS TWO JUDGEMENTS TO MAKE. EITHER TO ALLOW A RE-COUNT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTES AND ANNOUNCE HIM AS THE WINNER, OR ASK FOR A RE-RUN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL POST, BUT THE COURT CAN ALSO UPHOLD RUTO’S WIN, IF RAILA FAILS TO PROVIDE A STRONG EVIDENCE.
IF THE COURT RULES FOR A RE-COUNT, THEN THERE IS A HIGH POSIBILITY THAT THE 50+1% RULE MIGHT NOT BE REACHED, WHICH WILL FORCE THE COUNTRY TO GO FOR A RE-RUN.
EACH PART THEREFORE REQIRES TWO DOZEN LAYWERS, AMONG THEM FIVE SENIOR LAWYERS AURGUING IT OUT IN COURT, TEN LAWYERS IN THE BACKGROUND SCRUTINIZING DOCUMENTS, AND ATLEAST TEN LEGAL RESEARCHERS, AND ALSO IT EXPERTS, MATHEMATICIANS AND PROCESS SERVERS.
HOWEVER KENYANS HAVE CONGRATULATED RAILA FOR HIS STEP, SAYING THAT THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC WAY THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE.
by David Amani
