The Judiciary Chief Registrar Ann Amadi has said only four lawyers from each party will be allowed to access the courtroom.
According to Amadi, not everyone will be allowed in as the parties both have large teams. Hence they will have to restrict the numbers because the space cannot accommodate everyone.
“We know many people will want to participate by coming in but this will not be possible because we are allowing the media to broadcast to the public…We don’t want to run into problems with crowd management.” Amadi said.
Nonetheless, all the seven judges will be present at the hearing expected to begin at 11 am Tuesday, August 30.
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In addition, the rulings for all the applications for joinder will be delivered online before 11 am Tuesday.
Furthermore, Azimio Presidential candidate Raila Odinga filed a petition challenging the declaration of William Ruto as the President-elect.
The Azimio boss has assembled a battery of lawyers to argue his case at the Supreme Court in a bid to nullify the results.
Moreover, some of the lawyers Mr. Odinga assembled to represent him include; Senior counsels James Orengo, who is also Siaya governor-elect, Okong’o Omogeni who just retained his Nyamira Senate seat, Kisumu senator-elect Tom Ojienda and constitutional scholar Ben Shihanya.
Nevertheless, opinions have been divided on whether lawyers who have been declared governors-elect can personally argue court cases. This is because governorship is an executive function.
Likewise, Senior counsel Pheroz Nowrjee, former Director of Public Prosecutions Philip Murgor, senior counsel and Rarieda MP-elect Otiende Amollo are Raila’s other lawyers in the court case.
Similarly, President-Elect William Ruto has also put together tens of lawyers to defend his win.
According to reports, Ruto has lined up 54 lawyers led by Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia and lawyer Kithure Kindiki.