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Election petitions must free IEBC from illegal capture

IEBC lawyers led by Wambua Kilonzo file a response to a Presidential petition at Supreme Court on August 27, 2022. [David Gichuru, Standard]

On Monday, August 24th 2022, Raila Odinga and Martha Karua led the Azimio team in submitting their presidential election petition. They were accompanied by a battalion of lawyers, politicians and supporters bitter with the August 15th announcement of the presidential election results.

A presidential petition is not new to Mr Odinga. The Kenya Kwanza team have been quick to brand the Azimio flag bearer a perennial loser but in this case, with the damning evidence and chain of events that preceded August 9 elections, an injustice has been meted out not just against Raila and his running mate Karua, but to all Kenyans.

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