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                                    NASA Presidential candidate, Raila Odinga and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka

NAIROBI—The National Super Alliance presidential candidate, Mr Raila Odinga, has challenged the declaration of President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the just concluded elections.

In a petition filed late Friday night, just in time to beat the midnight deadline, Raila Odinga said the August 8 election was fatally compromised.

“It was so badly conducted and marred with such glaring irregularities that it does not matter who won, or who was declared the winner thereof,” Mr Odinga says in court papers filed jointly with his running mate, Mr Kalonzo Musyoka.

The move by NASA to petition the Presidential election results will now see the country wait for a minimum three weeks and a maximum 10 weeks to have a President in office substantively elected.

Jubilee Party and IEBC have four days to file their case in regard to the petition submitted by NASA. A pre-trial hearing will be held five days from the date the petition was filed. The Supreme Court will be expected to deliver its judgement within 14 days.
The seven-judge Bench under the leadership of Chief Justice David Maraga after hearing the parties may rule to uphold the announcement of Uhuru as the winner.
If this is the case, this would now pushes the inauguration party earliest on September 12. The maximum deadline to dispense the petition allowed by the law falls on September 1.
The judges can also order for a repeat of a fresh Presidential election or they can also order the re-tallying of the results. The decision to invalidate elections, legal experts warn, will spark off a Pandora’s box of petitions of other elective positions.
In case the Supreme Court judges overturn the decision declaring Uhuru’s win, then the earliest the next President will enter office will be on November 28, 2017.
Nasa is required to pay Sh1,734,250 million to file the suit before serving the respondents by Sunday.

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