Minutes before Chief Justice David Maraga postponed the
hearing of a case calling for the October 26 presidential election be canceled,
President Uhuru Kenyatta made his tough stand on the matter known.
In his address, Mr. Kenyatta opposed the case filed by three
voters noting that the Supreme Court cannot avert its previous ruling.
According to the President, the apex court directed the
repeat election after annulling the presidential results of the August 8
General Election hence cannot revise the ruling.
On Wednesday morning, CJ Maraga declined to hear the
case noting that court lacked quorum since most of his colleagues could
not make it for the session.
Maraga stated that Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu was
not in a position to preside over a court process based on an incident where
her driver was shot and injured on Tuesday evening. Another judge, Mohamed
Ibrahim, was out of the country seeking treatment.
Judges Smoking Wanjala, Jackton Ojwang', and Njoki Ndung'u
were said to be outside the city and had failed to get means to get to Nairobi
on time.
The CJ and Justice Isaac Lenaola were the only ones present
at the court. This means that the election which NASA is opposed to
will continue as planned.
Following the proceedings Deputy President William Ruto
stated: "God is great! The evil schemes to deny Kenyans the right to
vote kesho have failed. WE WILL DECIDE and move our country forward
tomorrow".
At the same time, Siaya Senator James Orengo described the
outcome as a really sad day for Kenya.
"It is really a sad day for Kenya. These acts of
intimidation have gone beyond the courts, electoral commission," Orengo
said.
He maintained that there will be no election on October 26.
