JUST IN: Kenyan Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s election as president

The Supreme Court of Kenya has upheld the election of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto as the country’s next president.

In an unanimous judgment read by Chief Justice Martha Koome, the court dismissed all eight grounds of the petition brought by former prime minister Raila Odinga and others.

The court held that Ruto satisfied the constitutional provision of scoring 50 plus one per cent of votes cast and that the petitioners had not provided substantial evidence that the elections were not free and fair.

The court also held that the last minute divisions within the commissioners of the electoral body in which four of the seven commissioners queried the declared results was a boardroom matter that was nit enough to subvert the will of Kenyan voters.

The Supreme Court in its lengthy judgement also found that the election was properly conducted overall and that the petitioners failed to prove allegations of manipulation and that all constitutional provisions were satisfied in declaring the results.