• He spoke at the luncheon to commemorate the inauguration of the new Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir in Mombasa.
• Raila said he jetted back into the country Thursday morning from Zanzibar where he was on vacation with his family in Spice Island.
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Azimio leader Raila Odinga says he sees no need why Kenyans should wake up in 2027 to vote if what happened in the August elections will be repeated.
Raila said he and many other Kenyans are waiting with bated breath to hear what detailed reasoning the Supreme Court will give over its verdict on his presidential petition which they dismissed as baseless.
"We want to wait and see what these details are going to be about," Raila said.
He spoke at the luncheon to commemorate the inauguration of the new Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir in Mombasa.
Raila said he jetted back into the country Thursday morning from Zanzibar where he was on vacation with his family on Spice Island.
"Why should women, the elderly (and) the disabled queue for so many hours to cast their votes when at the end of the day it is a mercenary from Venezuela called Mr Jose Camargo who eventually decide who becomes the president of this country?" Raila asked.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission on August 15 declared William Ruto winner of the August 9 presidential election.
Raila rejected the results and went to court but the Supreme Court unanimously thrashed his evidence and upheld Ruto's win on September 5.
The ODM leader said it's appalling that the court was shown evidence of how the foreigner interfered with results on the public portal but the court dismissed it as hot air.
"How is it possible that a device transmits results from Mt Elgon and eight minutes later it transmits results from Nyeri? Is that not dramatic? Raila posed.
"Shame on you Supreme Court!" he added.
A visibly agitated Raila said that neither him nor Kenyans will be intimidated into silence by the apex court over its skewed judgment.
"We will talk. The Constitution of this country gives power to the people of Kenya, and all the other people exercising power are exercising donated power.
"So the Judiciary is no exception, if they become rogue, we have power as the people of this country to reform them and send them home. We can lead a million march to the Judiciary to say kwendeni nyumbani and they will have no choice but to go home," Raila said.
He reiterated that he respects the court's decision but he disagrees with it.
"It is our constitutional right to say hii ruling ilikuwa shenzi."
The seven-judge bench said it would deliver its full judgment on Raila's petition within 21 days.
It's been 11 days since the court delivered its unanimous verdict on the petition on September 5.