The Supreme Court issued its verdict on the results of the Kenyan presidential election on Monday.

Sep. 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Supreme Court of Kenya will issue its verdict on Monday on the appeal filed by the former prime minister and candidate in the last presidential elections on August 9, Raila Odinga, due to allegations of electoral fraud against his rival, the winner of the elections, William Ruth.

The highest Kenyan judicial body may dismiss the appeal filed by the former prime minister or, on the other hand, issue a ruling declaring valid the election of the elected president, Ruto, who won with 50.4 percent of the votes in the last elections, as reported by the Electoral Commission.

The president of the Supreme Court, Martha Koome, her deputy, Filomena Mwilu, and judges Smokin Wanjala, William Uko, Mohamed Ibrahim, Njoki Ndung’u and Isaac Lenaola will deliver the verdict at 12:00 noon (local time), according to the ‘The Star’ newspaper.

This response by the Kenyan Supreme will thus put an end to the legal dispute that the former prime minister began on August 22 to challenge the victory of his rival in the face of accusations of electoral fraud presented by the opposition.

Odinga argued, in his petition to the Supreme Court, that the president of the Electoral Commission, Wafula Chebukati, showed contempt for the Constitution by announcing the unilaterally processed results, while saying that they were “dictatorial” due to the lack of transparency.

Odinga was referring to the position of four members of the Electoral Commission, among whom is the vice president of the Electoral Commission, Juliana Chereraque, who repudiated the results alleging that the figures announced were not logical.

Thus, the plaintiffs argued in the brief that the same number of votes that were annulled for Odinga were subsequently added to Ruto. However, “the total number of votes cast remained the same.”

Ruto won the Kenyan elections with 7,176,141 votes (50.4 percent), according to data released by the Election Commission. In this way, he narrowly prevailed over Odinga, who obtained 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent).