Uhuru Kenyatta apologises to The Supreme Court of Kenya

[Ab-Titchaz]

Uhuru apologises over Supreme Court comment

By Standard Digital Reporter

Nairobi, Kenya: President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta has apologised to the Supreme Court over remarks he made on six judges hearing election petitions filed against him.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page the Jubilee leader apologised for using ‘casual' language when referring to the highest court in Kenya and said he meant no disrespect.

"In referring to the Supreme Court Judges, my language may have been casual and not 100 percent correct but there was certainly no disrespect," he stated.

He said he met elected MPs, Women Reps and Senators from the Jubilee Coalition in Naivasha and told them that the alliance is ready to start work but was waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court.

"I told them that we are ready to get to work; however there is a petition in court over our election - yes, I said it is pending before six guys and we have to await their decision. However, the Legislative Arm of Government must go on and we challenged them together with my Deputy to begin the Jubilee agenda in the National Assembly and in Senate without delay," he said.

He added; "I am used to being called Kamwana and appreciate that people refer to me fondly as such despite my official designation. The spirit and context in which I made the comments is that we must await the decision of the Supreme Court on the way forward for the Executive arm of Government; but that the other arms especially the legislative must begin working with immediate effect."

He said his informality may be interpreted as disrespect for the court but that was not the case.

He said he respects the Supreme Court and will wait for its verdict.

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[Dr. Job]

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[Dr. Job]

This smirks of arrogance and is disrespectful to the Supreme Court of Kenya.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Good thing he apologized for his gaffe.

But shit happens so it is what it is. Once it's out you can't take it back.

 

[Dr. Job]

Good thing he apologized for his gaffe.

But shit happens so it is what it is. Once it's out you can't take it back.

Apart from that gaffe, UK doesnt seem to care about the rules of engagement decided by the Supreme Court. The other day the CJ asked them to refrain for talking about the petition and today he issues a veiled threat to the same Court in terms of how they should carry out their work.

Uhuru dismisses Raila's evidence on poll rigging


By Wahome Thuku

NAIROBI; KENYA: President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta discredited the evidence by his main challenger in the March 4 elections, Mr Raila Odinga, saying his coalition's win in other elective seats reflected his lead.

Uhuru in particular insisted that the Supreme Court must send a message that a political contest cannot be won in court but in elections. "There is greater good in letting the will of the six million voters (who voted for him) prevail against that of one person,'' he argued.

He asked: "Would it be right for this court to impeach the elections, including five others (done on same day) yet Kenyans were allowed to register in millions?"

"We must be hard on those who come up with conspiracy theories because they destroy the emerging institutions,'' he added.

Uhuru also insisted the court should not make itself the arena for election losers to try and reclaim their loses. "There is a great need for uniformity particularly between evolving democracies in presidential contests. Presidential contests should not be converted into trying to win a political office through courts," he argued.

He added: "They (politicians) should be told throughout Africa that the contest must be won through elections," adding: Ngatia added.

"Your (politicians) business is to offer yourself for elections. It is the business of IEBC to conduct the election and the business of the electorate to decide the victor," Manual tallying

Uhuru's lawyer rejected assertions that the IEBC abandoned electronic transmission deliberately; pointing out that in his affidavit, Raila's chief agent, Prof Larry Gumbe, conceded various political party agents met IEBC commissioners on March 5 at Bomas after the electronic systems failed. "They consulted with all the agents and agreed that the manual tallying system would be used and would commence the next year," Uhuru added to reinforce his argument the PM's side was involved in the decision he is now contesting as petitioner.

As the session ended at 9:30pm Chief Justice Willy Mutunga asked the parties in court to pick the results of the fresh tallying he ordered from the court this morning at 8am. He announced he would give them an hour to respond to the figures. After this the country would now await for the court's verdict between today and tomorrow.

The CJ made the announcement after the final submissions by the counsel for both sides.

At on Thursday's final session of Raila's petition, logged in the court's registry as ‘Petition Number Five', in the Supreme Court, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission defended Uhuru's win and denied there were any irregularities or that it manipulated votes in his favour.

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[Dr. Job]

I found this real absurd!

"There is greater good in letting the will of the six million voters (who voted for him) prevail against that of one person,'' he argued.

Its as if Raila had one vote....:A S shade::A S shade::A S shade:

Then as I said in another thread, this is a strategic move by the Jubilee mandarins to make it look like this petition is about Raila....that's why all of them and their apparatchiks are banging on this mantra at every opportune moment.

 

[Dhuks]

I will spare you the unprintables though you deserve them,do u guys know a word called consistency?

 

[Kigogo]

Hawa jamaa bana

 

[Bishanga]

Good thing he apologized for his gaffe.

But shit happens so it is what it is. Once it's out you can't take it back.

Nyani Ngabu zege likishakorogwa halirudi kuwa cement!

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Nyani Ngabu zege likishakorogwa halirudi kuwa cement!

...afu zege halilali sio...lol!