With Many Kenyans already accepting the fate of the August elections, Azimio’s Deputy Flagbearer Martha Karua has moved to the East African court of justice challenging the conduct of the highest court in the land, the supreme court. ‘The Iron Lady’ still feels like there was foul play in the elections stating the country went into the elections with a severely challenged election body adding that the Independent Electoral And Boundaries Commission[ IEBC] failed the country’s democracy.
she further added that despite the challenges faced by the electoral body, they went into the elections hoping something could be done considering that even stakeholders were involved in the elections.
,’We went into the elections with a severely challenged election management body. We had hoped that it would overcome those challenges, with the support of stakeholders and the constitutional ecosystem put in place to protect its independence and advance the proper execution of its mandate. That did not happen read her statement.
Karua further added that the IEBC did not audit the voter registry claiming that not all voters were registered and that the electoral body never made any serious step in a bid to cover for the ‘mess’.Karua further noted that the electoral body did not publish the voter registry at the stipulated time.
She was seconded by the Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) group who together filed a petition arguing that in as much as they took their petition to the apex court, the latter denied them the right to a fair trial and that there was no proper scrutiny of the technology used during the election period.
On Wafula Chebukati the petitioners stated that the chair conducted the election in an unfair manner claiming that despite this their petitions were dismissed with what she termed as epithets and name-calling. This, according to the former Kirinyaga legislator is uncharacteristic of the supreme court.
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