Ruto is President of Kenya, court confirms election win

By Joseph Wangui & Brian Wasuna

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The technology deployed by the IEBC for the conduct of the 2022 general elections met the standards of integrity, verifiability, security and transparency to guarantee accurate and verifiable results. (Unanimous. Chief Justice Martha Koome, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Mohammed K Ibrahim, Njoki Ndung’u, Dr Smokin Wanjala, Isaac Lenaola, William Ouko).
There was no interference with the uploading and transmission of Forms 34A from the polling stations to the IEBC Public Portal. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
There was no significant difference between Forms 34A uploaded on the IEBC Public Portal and the Forms 34A received at the National Tallying Centre, and Forms 34A issued to the Agents at the Polling Stations. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
The postponement of Gubernatorial Elections in Kakamega and Mombasa Counties, Parliamentary elections in Kitui Rural, Kacheliba Rongai and Pokot South Constituencies and electoral wards in Nyaki West in North Imenti Constituency and Kwa Njenga in Embakasi South Constituency did not result in voter suppression to the detriment of Raila Odinga. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
There were no unexplainable discrepancies between the votes cast for presidential candidates and other elective positions. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
The IEBC carried out the verification, tallying, and declaration of results in accordance with Article 138 (3) (c) and 138 (10) of the Constitution. The power to tally and verify not in the chairperson of IEBC but the commission. Four commissioners took part in the tallying until only at the last minute. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
The declared President-elect attained 50%+1 vote of all the votes cast in accordance with Article 138 (4) of the Constitution. Rejected ballots cannot be used in the tally of this constitutional threshold. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
There were no irregularities and illegalities of such magnitude as to affect the final result of the Presidential Election. ((Unanimous. Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).
Reliefs and orders: William Ruto was validly elected. ((Koome, Mwilu, Ibrahim, Njoki, Wanjala, Lenaola, Ouko).

Ruto is President of Kenya, court confirms election win

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