Members of the National Super Alliance (NASA) led by Raila Odinga earlier this week announced that they would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the declaration of President Uhuru Kenyatta as winner of the just concluded Presidential election.
According to the Constitution, the Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling by September 1.
The last day for filing the petitions is today (7 days after the announcement of results) and the Supreme Court Registry on Thursday announced that it would remain open until midnight to allow all petitioners ample time to file their cases.
August 20 is the last day for serving respondents with the petitions, in this case, Jubilee Party and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), and lawyers will be given four days to respond to the claims.
In case of any additional evidence from NASA, their team will be given an extra day, August 25, to avail the evidence then the case will head to a pre-trial.
The pre-trial conference is scheduled for August 26, followed by the hearing and judges will have roughly five days to make their decision.
This should take place on September 1 (14 days after the filing of petitions) and the decision will be final since it cannot be challenged in any other court.
There are two possible outcomes expected:
1. Supreme Court upholds President Uhuru Kenyatta's win which will mean the swearing in ceremony will be held on September 12th which is the first Tuesday after 7 days following the Supreme Court ruling.
2. Supreme Court declares the election invalid, nullifies Kenyatta's victory and orders fresh elections to be held 60 days after the ruling which will be Tuesday, October 31st.
