Friday, November 4, 2022 –Martha Karua has taken a step ahead to challenge the Supreme Court ruling of Monday, September 5, 2022 on presidential election.
The Azimio deputy on Thursday November 3 filed a challenging petition at the Arusha-based East African Court of Justice EACJ arguing that the Apex Court in Nairobi did not respect the evidence Azimio had forwarded to the court for scrutiny.
This desk has learnt that the petition also has Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) director, Khalif Khelef.
“We are filing this reference not only to enable the truth to come to light but also so that we can secure guarantees of non-recurrence of failures in this sensitive area of elections in the future,” the court document stated.
Karua and Khelef clarified that the reason they took the case to the Supreme Court was to get a fair hearing and ruling and not the brutal judgment which was delivered by Chief Justice Martha Koome.
“We took our dispute to the Supreme Court, hoping for a fair hearing. However, it undermined the rule of law by violating the right to a fair trial,” it further read.
Ms Karua further argued that the ruling undermined investigations hence the country’s integrity and level of judicial justice.
“The Court also found that the Chairperson of the IEBC conducted the election in an unlawful manner, but these findings, again, had no legal consequences. Our petitions were dismissed with epithets and name-calling,” the papers added.
The suit listed the Electoral and Boundaries Commission IEBC as a respondent for failing to address both past and present complaints so that to increase public trust.
This move by the Narc- Kenya Party leader confirms her earlier stand just after elections that she will not let the Supreme Court judges walk away scot-free following their ‘hot air’ judgement of September 5.