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, throwing out a petition brought by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The unanimous verdict was delivered by Martha Koome, the chair of the seven-member court on Monday.
“We declare the election of the president-elect to be valid,” Mrs Koome said in a much awaited address.
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.
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