Koigi wa Wamwere (right) greets NASA leaders Raila Odinga (centre) and Kalonzo Musyoka (left) during ODM National Delegates Conference at Safaricom Indoor Arena on May 5, 2017. [Photo: nation.co.ke]Anybody who claims to have won the election cannot reject an opportunity to prove his clear victory in a fresh election, former Subukia MP Koigi Wamwere has said.Wamwere, in an opinion piece in Monday's Daily Nation, says that the Supreme Court decision to nullify the presidential poll was 'Solomonic'."I am convinced that the decision was Solomonic. Had the court declared President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the August 8 General Election, though afflicted by irregularities and illegalities, the Opposition would have dismissed it as inevitable by a Chief Justice appointed by the President and henpecked by the Executive," writes Wamwere.He adds: "Equally, had the court declared Nasa candidate Raila Odinga the winner and ordered that he be declared President-elect—as the decision was already branded a coup d'état could have sparked a conflagration from Jubilee Party supporters."Koigi, therefore, notes that the only decision that President Kenyatta, Odinga and Kenya can live with without a sense of obvious injustice, was nullification of the election and return of the contested 'baby to its parents to decide whom to give it to in a fresh election that is free, fair, transparent and credible'.He goes on to say that the decision will leave an indelible impact on the judicial history of Kenya and Africa."The entire world stands in full and rare acknowledgement of the daring act by the court to nullify a presidential election, moreover of an incumbent, which has put the Kenyan judiciary and democracy on a pedestal and at par with Western democracies," he says.He asks Kenyans to protect the independence of the Judiciary, rule of law and democracy against attacks by the executive.

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