Dar es Salaam. A decision by Kenya’s Supreme Court to uphold last month’s election of William Ruto as the fifth president of Kenya gives Tanzania vital lessons in as far as democracy and the need for a new constitution are concerned.
On August 15, Dr Ruto was declared president-elect of Kenya having won 50.5 percent of the vote, his main rival Raila Odinga gaining over 48.5 percent of the counted vote, challenged the results in court.
And yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld William Ruto’s victory in the August 9 presidential election, ending weeks of political uncertainty and delivering a blow to challenger Odinga who had alleged fraud in the poll.
“This is a unanimous decision. The petitions are hereby dismissed, as a consequence we declare the first respondent (Ruto) as president-elect,” Chief Justice Martha Koome said.
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