Former Chief Justice David Maraga has dispelled reports that he accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of sponsoring petitions against President-elect William Ruto.
Through a statement dated Tuesday, August 23, the former President of the Supreme Court flagged the social media post, which had gone viral, as fake and misleading.
The retired CJ disowned the post in totality, which also insinuated that he had congratulated Ruto after being declared the President-elect by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati.
The social media post, shared widely, indicated that the emeritus Chief Justice had accused the Head of State of coercing Supreme Court judges over the nine petitions filed.
The fake post also indicated that Maraga who retired in early 2021, had directed the Supreme Court to drop the cases and allow Ruto to be sworn in by August 30.
Following the reports that he had endorsed Ruto's Presidency, the former top judge maintained that he had not issued any statement regarding the Tuesday, August 9 polls.
He thus warned his followers from falling victims to social posts purporting to speak on his behalf.
"This tweet circulating on social media purporting to be authored by me is fake; please ignore," he stated.
Raila and his running mate Martha Karua moved to the Supreme Court, challenging Ruto's win and asking the court to declare the Presidential Election results announced on August 15 null and void.
In a separate petition, Busia Senator-elect Okiya Omtatah also dismissed the results of the Presidential election announced by IEBC, stating that no candidate achieved the 50 per cent plus one threshold stipulated in the constitution.
Public interest litigant Khelef Khalifa also filed a petition seeking the nullification of presidential election results.
On the other hand, whistle-blower John Githongo filed a case alleging that Kenya Kwanza hired over 56 hackers to infiltrate the IEBC servers.
The respondents who include Ruto and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua have been given four days to respond to all the petitions.
