Uhuru Kenyatta Declared Kenya’s 4th President | IEBC Speaks On Petition Outcome

 Press Release

THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THECREATION OF THE SUPREME COURT, AN INSTITUTION SET UP BY THE CONSTITUTION THAT KENYANS PROMULGATED. THIS IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL    PETITION    TO    BE    FILED    BEFORE    THIS    COURT.

 THE COURT HAS DEMONSTRATED HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM BY LISTENING IMPARTIALLY TO THE LITIGANTS THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL. ITIS A HISTORIC CASE AND THE RULING IS BOTH A PRECEDENT AND A LANDMARK DECISION WHICH WILL GUIDE FUTURE ELECTIONS IN OUR  COUNTRY, KENYA.ONE OF THE CORE VALUES OF THE IEBC IS COMMITMENT TO THE RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. THE COMMISSION IS BOUND TO RESPECT AND OBEY THE DECISION OF THE

HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND AND WE WILL DO SO.

 

THE JOURNEY TOWARDS THIS ELECTION WAS VERY INVOLVING: STARTING FROM VOTER REGISTRATION, INSPECTION OF THE REGISTER, NOMINATIONS AND FINALLY THE ELECTION WHICH WAS CONDUCTED ON 4TH MARCH, 2013.

 

AS   A   COMMISSION,   WE   WISH   TO   THANK   THE   PETITIONER   FOR   HIS APPROACH TO THE RESOLUTION OF HIS GRIEVANCES.WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESPONDENTS FOR EQUALLY EMBRACING THE UNIFYING  ROLE  OF  JUDICIAL  SETTLEMENT  OF  DISPUTES.THERE  ARE  NO WINNERS  AND  LOSERS  IN  THIS  CASE.KENYANS  SHOULD  REMAIN  UNITED

 

AND PEACEFUL. THIS CASE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR KENYA HAS MATURED DEMOCRATICALLY.

IN A SPECIAL WAY, WE WISH TO THANK ALL KENYANS FOR THE LARGE TURNOUT. 86% VOTER TURNOUT IS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMITMENT AND SERIOUSNESS ATTRIBUTED BY VOTERS TO THE ELECTION, AN INDICATION  OF  THEIR  CONNECTION  WITH  MATTERS  OF  GOVERNANCE  IN THIS COUNTRY.

 

JUST   LIKE   ALL   KENYANS   VOTED   PEACEFULLY,   WE   CALL   UPON   THEM AGAIN    TO    MAINTAIN    PEACE    AND    CALM    FOLLOWING    THE    RULING PRONOUNCED BY THE SUPREME COURT. IT IS THIS SAME PROFOUND GOODWILL THAT ENABLED THE COMMISSION TO ACCOMPLISH THE ENOURMOUS MANDATE OF CONDUCTING THE 2013 GENERAL ELECTIONS.

FINALLY, WE WISH TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE IEBC MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MANAGE THIS ELECTION; THIS IS THE FIRST ELECTION   OF   ITS   KIND   (6   ELECTIONS   IN   A   SINGLE   DAY)   TO   BE CARRIED OUT IN THIS COUNTRY AND OWING TO ITS ENORMITY, VARIOUS LESSONS WERE LEARNT ARISING FROM THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE OBSERVED  BY  THE  COMMISSION.  WE  ARE  CONDUCTING  OUR  INTERNAL AUDIT AND WE WANT TO ASSURE ALL KENYANS THAT WE SHALL INCORPORATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ARISE FROM THE SAID AUDIT STRUCTURAL, TECHNICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL.

 

GOD BLESS KENYA

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