They may not have their way but they had their say at the Highest Court

Kings Onyancha Maina [Boniface Thuku/ Standard]

Tuesday night the Supreme Court declined an application filed by a voter who wanted to be treated as an interested party.

Ben Caleb Wamaya told the six-judge bench his concerns had not been objected to by any respondent and therefore it deserved to be heard. The court promised to issue a response Wednesday morning, which response was the rejection of the application.

"You have been too cruel for my application…was it because I was representing myself? I am going home a disappointed person. Having been denied my rights by IEBC… the same rights are being infringed on by the highest court on the land. This is unfair," lamented Wamaya.

 

The court ruling implied that the application was impractical and that would be quite unfair to listen to his grievance while there were over 19 million voters.

"Find a way and talk to your MPs so that we can listen to your petitions. There are 19 million voters and it will take a year or two to determine their petition," Maraga counselled.

In a separate but similar situation on Tuesday night, Mr Kings Maina want amused when the court declined his petition.

“You have taken me for granted. I pay taxes that run this court. I am not a busybody in this court,” Maina reacted angrily. 

Maina’s petition was also dismissed as the Chief justice cited lack of enough time as the main hindrance.