NAIROBI – A number one Kenya opposition determine has petitioned the East African Court docket of Justice to overturn President William Ruto’s August election victory, a win that drew authorized challenges however was upheld by the nation’s prime court docket.
Martha Karua, a former justice minister who was the operating mate to veteran opposition chief Raila Odinga, on Friday submitted a petition accusing the Kenyan electoral fee of a “clear violation of the relevant legal guidelines.”
In her petition to the regional court docket, which is predicated in neighbouring Tanzania, Karua stated the Impartial Electoral and Boundaries Fee’s (IEBC) “engaged in a number of acts that violated the rights of the candidates and of different residents.”
The violations included permitting unauthorised individuals to entry, delete, alter or add outcomes, Karua stated within the petition filed collectively with Muslims for Human Rights, a non-governmental group.
An IEBC spokesperson couldn't instantly be reached for remark.
Kenya’s Supreme Court docket in September upheld Ruto’s victory.
Odinga accepted the Supreme Court docket’s ruling, allaying fears of political violence skilled after earlier elections.
Ruto gained the election held in August regardless of a public repudiation by his former boss, outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, who stated Ruto was “not match for workplace.”
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