A screenshot of Kenyan voter, Kings Maina at the Supreme Court, November 14, 2017.
A Kenyan voter, Kings Maina, expressed his anger publicly at the Supreme Court during a pre-trial conference of the presidential election petition against the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Maina moved to the Court to be enjoined in the case as an interested party, only for the judges to lock him out.
The ruling angered the voter who stood to openly talk to the court, directing his expressions to the Chief Justice David Maraga on Tuesday.
He accused the judges of being unfair and infringing on his rights as a voter.
“I have an issue, I am a voter, I am not just an applicant. I am a voter and election of a president is about the rights of a voter. We are at the final vote, you have denied me the right to be heard, you have denied me access to justice," said the angry Maina wondering where else he should go for justice if the Supreme Court could deny him justice.
"Where do I go to? My application was going to terminate the whole petitions in 15 minutes. You have taken me for granted, I pay taxes which run this court. This court is championing abuse of my right. I am not a joyrider, not a busybody," lamented Maina.
In response, Maraga calmed him down saying the court did not have enough time to hear all the applications filed.
“Bwana Maina we have heard you. You're one of the 19 million voters in this country. If we allow each of the 19 million voters to file applications we would need two years, I don’t even think the two years would be enough. That's the considered ruling we have made," said Maraga.