{"id":32470,"date":"2022-08-22T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=32470"},"modified":"2022-08-22T10:41:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:41:53","slug":"kenya-election-odinga-set-to-move-to-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/22\/kenya-election-odinga-set-to-move-to-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Election: Odinga Set To Move To Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenyan politician Raila Odinga is on Monday set to contest results of the presidential election at the highest court after rejecting Deputy President William Ruto&#8217;s victory in the 9 August election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Odinga lost to Mr Ruto by the narrow margin of 50.5% to 48.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has until 14:00 local time (13:00GMT) to file the petition at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any Kenyan dissatisfied with the results of the presidential election can also file a petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Odinga&#8217;s case is bolstered by the fact that four of the seven electoral commissioners &#8211; including vice-chairperson Juliana Cherera &#8211; took the extraordinary step of rejecting the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017 Kenya&#8217;s Supreme Court&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-41123329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annulled presidential election results<\/a>&nbsp;citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 60 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta went ahead to win the rerun after Mr Odinga boycotted the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Odinga supporters gather for election case<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of Kenya&#8217;s opposition leader Raila Odinga have started gathering outside the a court building as his legal team prepares to file a petition challenging the presidential election result.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail1-360x203.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundred of regular and paramilitary police have thrown a security cordon around the court buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail3.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rail3-360x203.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>BBC Africa News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan politician Raila Odinga is on Monday set to contest results of the presidential election at the highest court after rejecting Deputy President William Ruto&#8217;s victory in the 9 August election. Mr Odinga lost to Mr Ruto by the narrow margin of 50.5% to 48.8%. 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