Uhuru Breaks Silence After Ruto's Supreme Court Win

President Uhuru Kenyatta avoided mentioning his successor, President-elect William Ruto, in the open while congratulating all elected leaders and questioning the Supreme Court judgement.

In a video dispatch from State House on Monday, September 5, Uhuru took fault with the judiciary's lack of consistency in making rulings regards to the presidential petition.

He specified that the reason the 2017 polls were nullified was based on the electoral process adding that the 2022 decision focused mostly on the numbers.

Watch the address below:

"We must ask ourselves, is it about numbers or is it about the process? Which of these two is it? Can our institutions rule one way in one election and another way in another election without scrutiny?" he posed.

He added that the court's decision ought to be scrutinised so that the country's democracy is made stronger.

"True belief and true judgements must correspond to the actual state of affairs but do our constitutional institutions meet these thresholds?

"While we must appreciate these institutions, we must hold them to account. Their truth has to be consistent and coherent. This is the only way we build our democracy," he addressed.

He nonetheless assured the country that there will be a smooth transition and that the process had begun.

"Today, the supreme court made a ruling on the presidential dispute upholding the results announced by IEBC. In keeping to the pledge that I made to uphold the rule of law, I commit to executing the orders of this court to the letter.

"It is my intention to oversee a smooth transition to the next administration and all the necessary orders to facilitate this process have already been issued," he said.

Notably, Uhuru congratulated every elected leader except Ruto, which many believe brings to an end a sour relationship between the two which started from the handshake between him and Azimio la Umoja leader, Raila Odinga, in 2018.

"I want to wish well all who have won as they guide our country into the future and I thank you all for the opportunity to serve. May God bless you all," he noted.

Hours ago, Ruto fired a cheeky salvo at Uhuru after the verdict, confessing that he had not spoken to his boss for months as he awaited his congratulatory message. He affirmed that he emerged victorious, even if Uhuru had expressed his unwavering support for Raila.

"I know he worked hard in his own way but the people of Kenya made their decision. Remember, I did not give him any conditions to support me, we remain friends as we have been in the context of where we are.

"I have not talked to him in months but shortly I will be making a call to him so that we can have a conversation on the process of transition," he said, adding that he would grant him the same level of respect given to outgoing heads of states.

President Kenyatta's address came hours after the Seven judge bench led by Chief Justice Martha Koome trashed seven consolidated petitions into one, which was aimed at invalidating Ruto's victory.

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was the primary petitioner in the just concluded presidential petition.