Ruto vows to respect Supreme Court verdict as Gachagua warns Raila of humiliating defeate incase of Re-run
3 min readRuto vows to respect Supreme Court verdict as his Deputy President-Elect Rigathi Gachagua warns Raila of humiliating defeate incase of a Re-run.
President-elect William Ruto has promised to respect the decision of the Supreme Court ahead of the determination of presidential election petitions filed to challenge his declaration as winner of the August 9th polls.
Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of Nairobi Governor, Johnston Sakaja, Ruto called on all other leaders to respect the decisions of all institutions handling matters pertaining to the elections and move on.
“…I ask all leaders of Kenya to listen to the loud message coming from the citizens of our country. They are speaking to us loudly that they want their politics to be non-tribal and peaceful,” said Ruto.
“In this election, we have seen a very new phenomenon… That we all voted and the next day we were ready to go to work and go on with our lives and everybody on to their hustle. That is the loud statement that is coming from the people of Kenya to those of us who are leaders.”
Ruto vowed to respect court’s verdict urging leaders to respect the rule of law by allowing the institutions handling “this last phase of the election” to execute their mandate in a peaceful and orderly manner.
“I’m asking all of us as leaders to listen to what the people of Kenya are saying so that we can conclude the remaining steps of our election, in a peaceful, orderly, respectful manner, respecting all the institutions that will discharge their responsibilities because we are a country governed by the rule of law and by our constitution,” said the president-elect.
Meanwhile, his Deputy President-elect Rigathi Gachagua has asked Azimio La Umoja candidate Raila Odinga to brace himself for a humiliating defeat in the event a presidential election is called for a repeat by the Supreme court.
“I am very confident that we will even do much better than we did on August 9 should the supreme court order for a repeat election,” he said.
Speaking in Nyeri during the swearing-in ceremony of Mutahi Kahiga as Nyeri County Governor, Gachagua said that a Kenya Kwanza win in a repeat poll shall be a reinstatement of the will of the people who had elected him and President-elect William Ruto to the higher office.
He urged Raila Odinga to accept the decision that shall be made by the court.
“Once a decision is made by the supreme court to uphold this election, I am calling upon Raila Odinga to quit politics because there will be no handshake or illegal swearing this time round,” he said.
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