President Uhuru Kenyatta in company of his Deputy William Ruto Governors Samuel Ole Tunai (Narok) and Moses Lenolkulal (Samburu), National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale and Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen at Burma, Nairobi, September 1, 2017. [Photo|PSCU]President Uhuru Kenyatta has thanked Kenyans for voting for the Jubilee Party in the August 8 polls and urged them to uphold peace as the country prepares to go for a second round of presidential election. This is after his election was nullified by Supreme Court, Friday, on grounds that the poll was marred by irregularities.Uhuru said the Court’s ruling had given him a chance to continue serving Kenyans as a sitting president and not as a president-elect. "Maraga should know that I am still the president and not president-elect. They should know I am the president even after they nullified my election," said Uhuru.
David Maraga is the Chief Justice who led the Supreme Court ruling.Flanked by his Deputy William Ruto, Uhuru was speaking at Nairobi's Burma market, few hours after the ruling.Ruto said Kenyans were ready to endorse their choice and called on the IEBC to set a date for round two of the presidential election, saying this time Jubilee would win with over 70 per cent.
He said as Jubilee bosses, the party was ready for a fresh election and Kenyans would get a chance to express their sovereign will to "shame those who refused to concede defeat."“On 8 August we defeated our competitors, Kenyans voted for a majority of Jubilee candidates in the position of governors, senators, women representatives and members of county assembly. We are now telling the IEBC to put up a new timetable for election and we will again win with majority, this time round not with 54 per cent but with over 70 per cent,” said the Ruto.The duo were accompanied by a host of Jubilee leaders including Governors Mike Mbuvi Sonko (Nairobi), Samuel Ole Tunai (Narok) and Moses Lenolkulal (Samburu), National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale and Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen.