Ruto

In a sharply worded verdict, the court dismissed allegations made by former prime minister Raila Odinga, who had contested the Aug. 9 election results.

[He had framed his legal fight ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/22/kenya-election-challenge-ruto-odinga/?itid=lk_inline_manual_18)as “a do-or-die battle for the corruption cartels who have everything to lose to the forces of democracy.” On Kikuyu Road in Nairobi, Mary Wangari, 35, said that she stopped deep frying her potatoes for a minute when she heard the ruling to celebrate. [personally delivered boxes of evidence ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/22/kenya-election-challenge-ruto-odinga/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5)to court following Ruto’s [narrow victory in the Aug. “Yes, I danced,” she said. “This judgment is by no means the end of our movement.” “Everything was put out there for all to see. Post-election violence following the 2007 election loss to President Mwai Kibaki left more than 1,000 dead and 600,000 displaced. Odinga’s legal team argued that Chebukati had allowed the electronic voting system to be infiltrated by foreign agents and that he had overstepped his authority by announcing results without the consensus of the commission. She dismissed claims made by Odinga’s team that there were significant differences between paper tallies at 46,229 polling stations and those uploaded to the online portal. In Nairobi on Monday, some schools announced they would be closing early. “This we cannot do.” [they could not stand by the results](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/15/kenya-elections-odinga-ruto/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4&itid=lk_inline_manual_8) because of the “opaque nature” of the process.