Kenya anxiously waits for Supreme Court ruling

Kenya’s Supreme Court will decide today whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election.Today’s pronouncement by the seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court will decide the fates of Dr William Ruto and his main challenger, Mr Odinga.

The seven-member court will rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by the commission chairman, saying the tallying had been opaque.

The court may uphold the verdict of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in declaring William Ruto the duly elected president, or it could nullify the election and order a rerun or fresh election.

Several access roads to the Supreme Court will be closed today ahead of the court’s judgment on the presidential petition. There are fears of possible violence following today’s rulling .