Kenyans have now been told that they elected William Ruto as their next president, yet only minutes before the announcement the vice-chairperson of the electoral commission, Juliana Cherera, said she and three other electoral commissioners could not “take ownership” of the result.
There are just seven commissioners in all.
The announcement of the breakaway group has heightened anxiety in the country.
The electoral law however gives the chairperson the role of declaring the presidential election result.
Wafula Chebukati did just that and now Mr Ruto is lined up to be the next president.
Raila Odinga’s team can challenge the result in court – and has seven days to lodge a case.
Remember that in 2017 he did just that and the Supreme Court eventually decided that the presidential election had to be re-run.
Source: BBC
