Re-tally, verify: Why Raila and Karua are not pushing for a fresh election

Azimio one Kenya Coalition Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga, Martha Karua, James Orengo Kalonzo and Lawyers present petition documents at the Supreme court on August 22, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua want the Supreme Court to forensically scrutinise the IEBC forms, weed out invalid ones, re-tally, and declare a winner.

In their final submissions, Raila and Karua have taken a new path, by opting to pray for a scrutiny and recount instead of a fresh election in the event that the court finds illegalities and irregularities. They argue that Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) never learned from the 2017 bungled presidential election and is incapable of running a presidential election.

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