The Supreme Court bench during a past session. [Photo/Al Jazeera]
Political analyst and lawyer Steve Ogola now says that the Supreme Court is facing an uphill task as it prepares to once again tackle a presidential petition.Speaking on Citizen TV Sunday, the advocate termed the bench as disadvantaged saying that it is a victim of its earlier judgment where it annulled President Uhuru Kenyatta's August 8 re-election.He said that the Chief Justice David Maraga-led court's inability to reach the decorum in the October 25 submission seeking to confirm the October presidential 26 re-run's legality has further dented the court's reputation and lowered its public trust as no concrete reason has since been issued to explain the absence of some of the judges leading to the dismissal of the listening."There is a serious public trust deficit in the court, especially from a section of people against it, 's earlier decision to annul President Uhuru's win.The court's inability to properly explain the earlier decorum issue should also be looked into as a section of Kenyans may view it as planned for a certain motive," said the lawyer.''The court, therefore, has to regain all Kenyans' trust to ensure that all Kenyans accept and abide by its ruling,'' he continued.He also observed that whatever ruling comes from the court this time around will again be the start of another political wrangle and friction."The court has a limited role to either uphold or nullify the poll and it's obvious that whichever ruling comes out will again lead to another battle as one party opposes the outcome with the other side bragging of its win," he said.