The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has filed its responses to various presidential petitions at the Supreme Court.
The electoral body submitted forms 34A, 34B and 34C, which were used to declare the winner of the presidential elections.
Early this week, the Supreme Court received nine presidential petitions, eight of which sought to reverse President-elect William Ruto’s victory.
Ruto was proclaimed the victor of the August 9 general election after exceeding the ’50 per cent plus one’ constitutional threshold, which requires a presidential election winner to receive 50 per cent of votes cast plus an additional vote to avoid a runoff.
Ruto the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate received 7,176,141 (50.49 per cent) votes, defeating Azimio’s Raila Odinga, who received 6,942,930 votes (48.85 per cent).
However, Ruto’s win has been contested in the Supreme Court by Odinga and eight other petitioners who want the election annulled and a new election held in conformity with the law and the Electoral Act.
Other petitioners include John Njoroge Kamau, Daniel Kariuki Ngari, Juliah Nyokabi, Khalef Khalifa, Okiya Omtatah, Youth Advocacy Africa, and Reuben Kigame, in addition to Odinga.
Kigame, a gospel musician turned politician, was in the running to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta before the election board barred him from running.
He claimed that the IEBC imposed unrealistic deadlines for presidential aspirants in order to be cleared to run, effectively ruling out some candidates.
Chama Cha Kazi Party chairman Moses Kuria, on the other hand, petitioned the Supreme Court to dismiss Azimio-One Kenya Coalition Presidential Odinga’s appeal attempting to overturn Ruto’s victory.
The former Gatundu South MP stated in his court documents that the violence seen at last Monday’s declaration at the Bomas of Kenya was the key basis for his complaint.