Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia who is the lead advocate for the second respondent Deputy president William Ruto in the petition challenging the presidential election results, asked the court to issue orders and reliefs that are stable and final to avoid a constitutional crisis in the country.
He further asked the court to ensure scrutiny of petitions brought before it, in order to eliminate mutations that divert the focus of hearings in court.
The senior counsel further told the judges that the petitioners had no evidence that the election was bungled and defended Ruto’s victory which he said was a culmination of a fair, free, verifiable and constitutional process where Kenyans expressed their will.
“The people of Kenya did express their sovereign will and what is now under inquiry is whether that sovereign will by 14 million Kenyans will stand unhindered or whether this court will consider any other remedy other than upholding the sovereign will of the voters,” said Ngatia.
At the same time, Ngatia has asked the court to implore a hearing module similar to that used in Ghana while handling this case. While seeking to find justice for DP Ruto, he urged the supreme court to look into the substantive truth of the elections, and try to achieve finality and stability.
He urged the Supreme Court Judges to dismiss the petition saying it lacked merit and does not meet standards of an election petition.