The country’s highest court found no evidence of voter fraud – at least not to an extent that could have affected the result.
Martha Koome, the President of the Kenyan Supreme Court, confirmed the results of the last presidential election on Monday.
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After the actually peaceful and quiet presidential election in Kenya, things got turbulent: Several commissioners of the electoral commission did not want to verify the result of the presidential election of August 9th. The defeated candidate Raila Odinga also stated that he wanted to challenge the decision in court and, if necessary, force a second ballot against his opponent William Ruto.
However, in its hearing on Monday, Kenya’s highest court, the Supreme Court, ruled that the result was valid and that William Ruto’s election victory was thereby confirmed. The country’s chief justice, Chief Justice Martha Koome, said they had found no evidence that voter fraud had occurred on a scale that could have affected the outcome of the election. The plaintiff, the camp around Raila Odinga, has also not presented any concrete evidence for many of the allegations made.
With their verdict on Monday, the judges of the Supreme Court dismissed all allegations and officially confirmed Ruto in office. Shortly after the verdict was announced, the Odinga camp said it accepted the verdict of the country’s highest court.