OPINION: Why October 26 presidential poll is valid and Uhuru Kenyatta shall be declared president

A Mexican Author, Don Miguel Ruiz, once said: "People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truths and lies." Let us consider the truth, the lies and the in-betweens about the October 26 presidential poll.

Here is the truth: The Supreme Court ruled that there were some illegalities and irregularities in conducting the presidential elections on August 8. The law was not followed. The Supreme Court went ahead and ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct a fresh election in strict adherence to the Constitution and the existing law. This ruling affected all the presidential candidates who took part in the election irrespective of who raised the flag on the illegalities and the irregularities. Therefore, the petitioner, in this case Raila Odinga and his running mate, Kalonzo Musyoka do not have exclusive rights to the ruling. Matter of fact, the ruling was for the good of all the Kenyans including the competitors of the petitioner.