Watch live as Gambakwe media looks at today’s ruling by the Kenya Supreme court on the Presidential election petition which was brough by losing candidate, Raila Odinga.
The petitions were dismissed and Dr William Ruto remains the President of Kenya.
Key points for discussion
- Who owns election data, Kenya or Smartmatic?
- Is Smartmatic hiding something?
Please watch the video above this post for more details.
Key points from the ruling
- Although the Smartmatic system has serious user account management issues, these were not serious enough to overturn the elections and the elections met the legal standard.
- Odinga failed to produce evidence that the generic users were used by unauthorized. users.
- Affidavits were dismissed as false information and forgeries.
- The IEBC were within their right to use Smartmatic as they did not have the required skills to run the system.
- The chairman of the IECB is responsible for tallying, verification and declaration of results.
Please watch the video above this post for more details.