Supreme Court petition chance to firewall democracy in Kenya

Azimio supporters pray outside Supreme Court as Presidential candidate Raila Odinga filed a petition challenging the declaration of his opponent William Ruto as President-elect. [Samson Wire, Standard]

The Azimio petition has finally been admitted for hearing at the Supreme Court. In addition to eight or so others, it is going to form the backbone of evidence questioning the integrity of the process that ended with the unilateral declaration by the IEBC Chairman of William Ruto as president-elect.

But not everyone is happy with the court process. We have been asked to leave the corridors of justice and move on with our lives. Such prescriptions aren't encouraging for the health of our nascent democracy under the 2010 constitutional dispensation. Democratic institutions that were born with the new law still need goodwill to grow strong bones for them to walk without aid. The Supreme Court is one of them.