Kisumu’s CBD Remains peaceful as Supreme Court uphold Ruto’s win
By Dickson Odhiambo
September 5, 2022
Kisumu’s CBD Remains
peaceful as Supreme Court uphold Ruto’s win
The Kisumu City Central Business District has today remained
peaceful as the Highest Court in Kenya rules that the election of Dr. William
Ruto as the fifth President has been valid as conducted by the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
The Kenyan Chief Justice Martha Koome while reading the
ruling said the Court decision has been unanimous by all the seven Supreme
Court Judges.
A spot check by this writer immediately after the Supreme
Court ruling today at around 1:50pm where the seven petitions that were seeking
to overturn Ruto’s election as the fifth President of Kenya have been
dismissed, it has been business as usual as residents went on their businesses
with a number of shops open for today’s business.
Even most hotels within the Central Business District remain
operational for the better part of the day and customers were seen trooping in
to have meals and drinks.
At the New Victoria Hotel along Oginga Odinga Street,
business went on without closing the premise ahead of the Supreme Court ruling
and thereafter.
Customers within the hotel were seen watching the Supreme
Court ruling while having their meals and drinks.
Operations at the major Supermarkets were ongoing as
customers were seen getting in to purchase items at the time the Supreme Court’s
ruling was being made and thereafter.
The issue of Kisumu City and its environs remaining calm
before, during and after the polls have been prayers for a number of
stakeholders including Civil Societies activists, Kisumu Committee of Eminent
Persons, Women Elders from Nyanza Region and members of the faith based
organizations.
On Friday last week, women Elders from Nyanza region
castigated the security alert that was issued by the United States Embassy in
Nairobi on Thursday last week to its citizens asking them not to travel to
Kisumu on the day the Supreme Court made the rulings arguing that violence
could erupt after such a ruling.
The elders led by Dr. Phoebe Nyawala and retired politician
Phoebe Asiyo urged the residents to continue remain peaceful regardless of the
decision the Supreme Court was to make.
The Current Deputy President Dr William Ruto, now
President-Elect is set to be Sworn-in on the first Tuesday after the Supreme
Court of Kenya Ruling that has uphold his election as the Fifth President of
Kenya.
In this case, the Swearing-in of the new President-Elect Dr.
William Ruto will now be on Tuesday next week on September 13 this year to take
over the reigns as the Fifth President from the outgoing President Uhuru Kenya
in accordance to Article 141{2}{b} of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
Azimio la Umoja one Kenya Alliance Coalition Presidential
Candidate Raila Odinga has said they respect the Supreme Court decision.
“We have taken note of the decision of the Supreme Court on
the Presidential election held on August 9, 2022.We have always stood for the
rule of the law and the constitution. In this regard, we respect the opinion of
the court although we vehemently disagree with their decision today,” said part
of the Press statement from Raila Odinga Presidential Secretariat.
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