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Kenya poll petition: The highlights of Supreme Court ruling (The East African)

The seven Supreme Court of Kenya judges have issued their verdict on the consolidated presidential election petitions today. Chief Justice Martha Koome says ...

Court finds that the declared president-elect William Ruto attained 50%+1 of the votes and was validly declared. Order: Supreme Court finds the power to verify and tally presidential election results vests not in the chairperson but in the commission. Court says it cannot nullify an election based on a "last minute boardroom rapture" of IEBC. Supreme Court lampoons witnesses in support of the presidential election petitions after it found some swore false information before the court. Lawyer Julie Soweto lampooned for the sensational presentation of false evidence in court. Supreme Court finds petitioners presented fake logs to prove alleged interference in public portal.

Kenya Supreme Court upholds Ruto's presidential victory (Reuters)

Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Aug. 9 election of William Ruto as president in a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Martha Koome said in a ...

The dissident commissioners had previously participated in the tallying, and publicly announced results without raising any concerns, she said. "Some of the (computer) logs presented as evidence ... a wild goose chase". "This is a unanimous decision of the court ... Kenya has itself seen repeated instances of deadly election-related violence, often along ethnic lines. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Ruto's win in presidential election (Aljazeera.com)

Former deputy president William Ruto had been declared winner of the election over former prime minister Raila Odinga.

The unanimous verdict was delivered on Monday by Martha Koome, the chair of the seven-member court. The verdict was delivered by Martha Koome, chair of the seven-member Supreme Court on Monday. On August 15, Ruto had been declared the winner of the ballot by Wafula Chebukati, the head of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) with 50.4 percent of the vote to Odinga’s 48.8 percent.

Huge Ruto victory as apex court upholds presidential win (The Star, Kenya)

Reading the verdict on Monday, Chief Justice Martha Koome said Ruto garnered 50 percent plus one votes cast. Ruto had garnered 7.1m while Raila Odinga garnered ...

Raila achieved 25 per cent of the votes cast in 34 counties. Did the IEBC tally, verify and declare results in accordance with the law? Did the president-elect get 50 per cent plus one vote of the votes cast?. Where were irregularities affecting the final outcome and to what degree? Was there interference in the transmission of Forms 34A? Was there a difference between the transmission of Forms 34A uploaded and those received?

Supreme Court Upholds Ruto's Kenya Presidential Election Win (Bloomberg)

Kenya's Supreme Court upheld William Ruto's victory in last month's presidential election, dismissing his rival Raila Odinga's claims that the vote was ...

Kenya's Supreme Court dismisses Raila Odinga's election petition ... (Daily Monitor)

"We declare the election of Ruto as valid. It is our finding that the declared President-Elect (Ruto) acquired 50 percent plus one vote required by the ...

"We declare the election of Ruto as valid. We also find that the chairperson cannot arrogate the power to tally and verify the results to the Elections Act to the exclusion of other commissioners. The scrutiny report did not reveal any security breaches of IEBC's systems. "No credible evidence meeting standard of proof was adduced by petitioners. "Whereas it is true that KIEMS Kit failed in 235 polling stations, 86,889 voters were granted the right to vote manually and the requisite forms 32A were successfully filled. ((Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko). We find that the power to tally and verify is not in the chairperson of IEBC but the commission. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko). Rejected ballots cannot be used in the tally of this constitutional threshold. ((Unanimous. The IEBC carried out the verification, tallying, and declaration of results in accordance with Article 138 (3) (c) and 138 (10) of the Constitution. The power to tally and verify not in the chairperson of IEBC but the commission.