CORD Defers Filing Petition At Supreme Court To Saturday

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The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has postponed the filing of a petition seeking to contest the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the President.

CORD has pushed the filing of the petition to Saturday at the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court remains open to transact duties in both weekends and weekdays thus making it possible for the petition to be filed on a weekend.

CORD cites many applications before the Supreme Court as the reasons behind the move adding that the postponement averts the ‘mix up’ with other petitioner.
Siaya Senator elect James Orengo asserted that the move is strategic and that they have a water tight case to prove that the just concluded presidential elections were not credible.

Orengo says the delay was to allow other entities filing similar petitions at the Supreme Court ample time to do so.
Orengo, Makueni Senator Elect Mutula Kilonzo and lead counsel George Oraro are some of the senior counsels fronting the CORD petition in what is  seen as a heated legal battle with other legal heavy weights from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and others from the Jubilee alliance enjoined in the petition as an interested party.

Orengo added that they have been consulting with the Judiciary regarding the seven days window period of filing a petition and that it has not elapsed.
CORD is now set to file its petition on Saturday Morning.

By Stephen Macharia.