Kivutha Kibwana has agreed to work with the Kenya Kwanza outfit.
The outgoing Makueni governor has also joined Kenya Kwanza coalition’s legal team on the presidential petition.
“We associate with the leadership that governor Kibwana has manifested in agreeing to work with us in furthering our country’s development agenda,” President-Elect William Ruto said.
“The Makueni Governor will join the Kenya Kwanza legal team in the ongoing presidential election petition.” Ruto added.
Likewise, nine presidential petitions were lodged at the Supreme Court on Monday, August, 22 with eight of them seeking to overturn President-Elect Ruto’s victory.
In addition, Ruto was declared the winner of the August 9 general election after attaining past the 50 per cent plus one constitutional threshold that requires a winner in a presidential election to garner 50 per cent of votes cast and an additional vote to avoid a runoff.
William Ruto attained 7,176,141 (50.49 per cent) votes beating his closest political rival Raila Odinga, who managed 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent).
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However, the President-Elect’s victory has been challenged at the Apex Court by Odinga and eight other petitioners who want the election rendered null and void so that a fresh elections is carried out as per the law and Electoral Act.
Aside from Raila Odinga, other petitioners are; John Njoroge Kamau, Daniel Kariuki Ngari, Juliah Nyokabi, Khalef Khalifa, Okiya Omtatah, Youth Advocacy Africa and Reuben Kigame.
Similarly, Kigame, a gospel musician cum politician was also in the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta before IEBC locked him out of the race.
According to Kigame, IEBC put in place unreasonable deadlines for presidential aspirants in order to be cleared to run, thereby locking out some candidates.
Meanwhile, Chama Cha Kazi Party leader Moses Kuria also moved to the Supreme Court to dismiss Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga ’s petition seeking to nullify President-elect William Ruto’s win.
Furthermore, in his suit papers, Moses Kuria cited the violence that was witnessed on August 15 during the declaration at the Bomas of Kenya as his main reason.