Raila Odinga, who came second in Kenya’s presidential election, has gone to court to challenge the result, describing it as “fraudulent”. In a scathing 70-page legal argument, he alleges there was a pre-planned effort to alter the outcome.
According to the electoral commission, Mr Odinga took 48.8% of the vote, losing to William Ruto’s 50.5%. An independent monitoring organisation said the commission’s final result was in line with its own projection.
However, four of the seven electoral commissioners refused to endorse the outcome, alleging that the way the final results were tallied was “opaque”.
The seven judges at the Supreme Court will have 14 days to make a ruling. Mr Odinga’s legal petition, one of more than five handed over, described the alleged attempt to alter the final result as “premeditated, unlawful and criminal”.
It also calls the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati, “rogue”, adding that he was involved in the plan to “secure a fraudulent result”.
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