Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's legal team led by Siaya governor, James Orengo, has questioned the decision by the Supreme Court to throw out the petition challenging President-elect William Ruto's victory.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, September 5, Orengo opined that the apex court should have ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to open its servers for a detailed forensic audit.
He maintained their claims on the infringement by the servers by the foreigners in particular the three Venezuelans led by Jose Camargo.
"What the court should have done was to order IEBC to open its servers with other election material presented before it. On the matter of intrusion by the Venezuelans, you can note that the court avoided speaking about it.
"I believe in the judgement, you will hear about it. The court has the last decision on what happens. As citizens, we are entitled to make disagree on it," he stated.
Additionally, he lamented that the verdict issued by the court was an ideological ruling.
"What I can say is that they focused on ideological issues rather than looking at other issues on the part of the IEBC. For example, the 50 per cent plus 1 was ideological," he stated.
In response to the court findings that some of the affidavits were forged, Orengo maintained that all their evidence was based on a report released by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) over the apprehension of three Venezuelans at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
On his part, Senior Counsel Phili Murgor added that the seven-judge over-relied on the report by the registrar of the court over the scrutiny of votes exercise that was ordered by the court.
Murgor stated that the report left critical evidence that would have proved that there was the involvement of the three Venezuelans in the August 9 polls.
"We had overwhelming evidence, The involvement of the Venezuelans before the elections was not explained. We are a little distressed about the overreliance on the report by the registrar of the court. The issue of the Venezuelans was not touched on. We shall wait for the court's ruling," he stated.
In the Supreme Court judgement, it was noted that the petitioners failed to prove their claims of infiltration and involvement of foreigners.
