Raila has earned legal, political dividends

NASA supporters celebrating outside Supreme Court. Beverlyne Musili,standard

Following the presidential elections conducted on August, 8, the electoral commission declared President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner on August 11, with 54 per cent of the votes against NASA leader Raila Odinga’s 44 per cent.

Raila lodged a petition against the Independent and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the duly elected president. The petition’s main issues were that there were specific irregularities including numerous instances where votes for the petitioner were transferred to Kenyatta totals, eviction of NASA agents in polling stations in the Rift Valley and central Kenya regions, use of ungazetted poll officers, errors in the results forms for vote declarations ranging from statutory documents that were not signed by Returning Officers, others not authenticated by official rubber stamp, and yet others that do not have agent names or signatures.