Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. PHOTO/ FILE
Posted Wednesday, April 24 2013 at 14:01
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on Wednesday told his critics that there was a distinction between him as an individual and the Supreme Court.
"Need for mental shift! The Supreme Court is neither Mutunga's Court nor am I the Supreme Court!" Dr Mutunga said on his twitter handle.
Dr Mutunga, by being the Chief Justice, is the President of the Supreme Court that rejected a presidential election petition by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga that challenged the election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
In its judgement, the Supreme Court said Mr Odinga failed to prove that Mr Kenyatta did not get the required votes to qualify as President-elect. (READ: Supreme Court releases judgment on presidential petition)
In the 113-page detailed judgement, the court said that it considered all the evidence presented by Mr Odinga and his co-petitioners in the matter and concluded that the evidence did not warrant nullification of Mr Kenyatta’s victory.
On Tuesday a Kenyan activist and a US scholar told a forum held in Washington that the judgement rendered by the Supreme Court damaged to its credibility. (READ: Supreme Court was 'loser' in Kenya election, forum told)
Maina Kiai, head of a civil society organisation in Nairobi, and Joel Barkan, a US think tank expert on African governance issues, both suggested that the court should have ordered a runoff between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.
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