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Supreme Court Presidential Petition Number 4 of 2017 (Njonjo Mue & Another Vs. Chairperson IEBC & 3 Others

Post backdated to 20th November, 2017: 

About 2 weeks ago, i was called up by a seniour lawyer who asked me to join him for an early morning meeting. It is at that meeting that i was invited to be part of the legal team preparing a petition challenging the election of Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta - Supreme Court Presidential Petition 4 of 2017. 
To have been found worthy of inclusion for this assignment is humbling, any lawyer (young or old) would be excited at such an opportunity. An opportunity to practice law at Kenya’s apex court, in one of the most contentious issue the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over! One hell of an emotive issue too! 

I accepted and was immediately tasked with the preparation of the Petition’s principal affidavit.

The next 7 days were going to be a roller coaster. From sleepless nights and nights with little sleep, to change of location nearly 4 times for fear of police raids, late night meetings with lawyers i never dreamt of sharing a board room table with... we put in HARD HARD work! It felt like a movie at some point!

The hearings which commenced last week say very little about the preparation of the case. In total we did close to 200,000 pages in pleadings, applications, authorities, annexes etc. 

The short, timed presentations in court gave little justice to the magnitude and weight of evidence presented. 

We however did our best to lay out our case for annulment of the presidential election of 26/10. 

The Supreme Court will be reading its judgment at 10 am today.

Which ever way it goes,It is my hope that through this decision, the justices of the Supreme Court of Kenya will have an opportunity to comment on contemporary issues - on what plagues kenya today. Note that judges do not call press conferences to comment on social ills, however, these can be weaved into their judgments. 

Eventually, it must -and will, influence the path we take as a people going forward. 
This post does little justice to the story of my experience working on that case... one day I will write a book.

Comments

  1. Njonjo MueJanuary 6, 2018 at 6:38 AM

    Thank you so much for the hard work you put into the petition. That so many young people from all over Kenya put in so much work into preparing the case gave me much hope for the future of our great country. Write that book!

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  2. bemihbloggerJanuary 8, 2018 at 12:18 AM

    Thank you Njonjo. We continue to hope... we continue to work at it! Greetings!

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  3. farclauseOctober 27, 2018 at 5:10 AM

    Hey, you have publish such a great detail. I found so many interesting points which are helpful for us. FAR Regulation to know what are the regulations are provided by the government.

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