Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua arrived at the Supreme Court registry in Milimani Monday, where they accompanied their lawyers to deliver physical documents for a petition challenging the victory of President-Elect William Ruto.The two arrived in the company of dozens of Azimio leaders among them Charity Ngilu (former Governor).
Odinga, a veteran opposition leader who ran with the backing of the ruling party, has rejected the outcome of the poll, branding it a “travesty.”
He narrowly lost to Ruto by around 230,000 votes — less than two percentage points.
Hundreds of supporters had been camping at the court registry since morning amid tight security.
Lawyer Dan Maanzo said the petition was filed online Monday morning.
“The hard copies will now be brought so that they can be stamped but the online one is already with the court,” he said but declined to provide a copy or reveal the main grounds in the petition.
“No I can’t go into those details because the Chief Justice will say I have started to prosecute the case outside court,” he said.
Anyone wishing to file a petition in the Supreme Court against Ruto’s victory has until 2pm Monday which is the deadline for the 7-day window since the declaration of the results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati.
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