Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga files an appeal with the Supreme against the result of the elections

The term to present appeals before the highest judicial instance of the country ended this Monday

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Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who lost the elections on August 9 against Vice President William Ruto, has officially filed an appeal in the Supreme Court to challenge his rival’s victory.

One of the lawyers on his legal team, Dan Maanzo, has confirmed that the case has been officially filed electronically this Monday morning at the Supreme Court. “The papers will be taken to Milimani to be stamped and show the time they were received,” he said, according to the newspaper ‘The Star’.

Previously, Odinga had indicated during a meeting with faithful in a church in the town of Donholm that his team was “ready” to present an appeal against the results of the elections before the Supreme Court before the deadline.

“The truth is going to be known because we know it ourselves and we are going to show it wide and open from tomorrow,” he said on Sunday in a speech to the faithful in Donholm, Nairobi, according to the newspaper ‘The Standard’. .

Faced with the possible legal battle, the Kenyan Supreme Court has reported that the security and personnel of the courts have improved. “The Judicial Committee on Elections, chaired by Judge Mohamed Ibrahim, prepares the institution to handle electoral disputes. It analyzes the training, financial and human resource aspects to ensure that disputes are resolved efficiently,” said the Judiciary. in a statement collected by ‘The Star’.

Likewise, in a notice, the president of the Supreme Court, Martha Koome, has recalled that any electoral petition must be submitted within seven days from the date on which the Electoral Commission declares the results, which were rejected by Odinga.

The former Kenyan prime minister argued that Electoral Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati showed contempt for the constitution by announcing the unilaterally processed results, while saying they were “dictatorial” due to lack of transparency.

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

Ruto won the Kenyan elections with 7,176,141 votes (50.4 percent), according to data announced by the electoral commission of the African country. In this way, he narrowly prevailed over Odinga, who got 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent).

The announcement of the final result of the elections was delayed several times due to accusations of electoral fraud raised by the campaign of the former Kenyan prime minister, which caused a gradual increase in tension.