• The Supreme Court on Friday concluded hearing submissions from petitioners and respondents after a three day sitting of the apex court.
• The seven-judge bench then retreated to write their judgment ahead of judgment on Monday, September 5, 2022.
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Narok senator-elect Ledama Olekina has called for sobriety ahead of Monday's Supreme Court judgment on the presidential petition.
Ledama has been an active participant in the Azimio la Umoja camp in dismissing the presidential poll results as a scam and was at the center of the storm when chaos rocked the Bomas of Kenya ahead of results declaration.
"Whatever happens on Monday, life must go on," Ledama said in a tweet on Saturday.
The message was accompanied with another that appeared to castigate members of the Raila Odinga camp who have taken a back seat as far as condemning the alleged poll illegalities are concerned.
"There is nothing for free, stop being lazy and work hard/smart for yourself. Stop this nonsense of expecting free things all the time...don’t think you can corrupt your way to the top or insult others when you are the number one 1 fence sitter," Ledama said.
The Supreme Court on Friday concluded hearing submissions from petitioners and respondents after a three day sitting of the apex court.
The seven-judge bench then retreated to write their judgment ahead of delivering the verdict on Monday, September 5, 2022.
The court, led by Chief Justice Martha Koome, on Tuesday consolidated all the seven petitions into one saying they all highlighted the same issues raised by main petitioner, Raila Odinga.
The court will make a determination on nine issues including whether there was a difference between forms 34A uploaded on the portal and those received at Bomas and forms 34A issued to agents at polling stations.
The above issue formed a huge portion of arguments by dozens of lawyers who represented Raila, President-elect William Ruto, IEBC, the commission chairperson Wafula Chebukati and other interested parties.
The court will also determine whether or not Ruto attained 50 per cent plus one vote and whether there were irregularities and illegalities of such magnitude as to affect the final result of the presidential election.
The court will either dismiss the petition and uphold Ruto's win, call for a recount or nullify the election all together and call for a repeat election within 60 days.
The judges on Friday asked Kenyans to pray for them to have discernment when writing the judgment.
The court in 2017 made history as the first African country to nullify a presidential election.