Election petition: Bated breath as Kenya awaits Supreme court verdict

Judges had three days since Wednesday to hear petitioners' and respondents' cases, from which they will draw a verdict.

There were nine issues at the centre of the petition, key among them; whether there was interference with uploading and transmission of forms 34A from the polling stations to the IEBC public portal, and whether the declared president-elect attained 50 per cent plus one vote of the votes cast in accordance with Article 138 (4) of the Constitution.

The main petitioners were Raila Odinga and Martha Karua, represented by Senior Counsels James Orengo, Pheroze Nowrojee, Philip Murgor, and Okong'o Omogeni.

William Ruto, the first respondent was represented by Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia and lawyers Prof Kithure Kindiki and Kioko Kilukumi, while Former Attorney General Githu Muigai appeared for IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati, and lawyers Eric Gumbo and Kamau Karori appeared for the commission (IEBC).