Elgeyo Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen at a past scene.He has defended Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga over his claims that his 2013 presidential petition was mishandled by the supreme court.Photo/the Standard.Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga' claims that his 2013 presidential petition was mishandled by the supreme court has attracted an unlikely backing.
Odinga's petition which sought to have the elections of president Uhuru Kenyatta quashed over claims that it was marred by irregularities suffered a shocker aftet it was summarily dismissed by the six-judge bench
And on Wednesday Elgeyo Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen said that the former prime minister was at liberty to express his displeasure over the 2013 petition and so was any other Kenyan who felt slighted over the same.
Odinga's petition which sought to have the elections of president Uhuru Kenyatta quashed over claims that it was marred by irregularities suffered a shocker aftet it was summarily dismissed by the six-judge bench.
"I have no problem with any Kenyan expressing reservations over the 2013 petition including Raila.They are at liberty to", he said.
However the Jubilee senator was quick to warn Odinga not to intimidate the supreme court in the run up to a new petition he recently filed saying that he must let the judges exercise their discretion unputurbed.
" The judges must be let to their work without being intimidated.They should not be dictated on how to carry handle cases in this country",he told NTV SideBar show.
The former Langata MP insists that he won the August 8 polls but was rigged out by a systematic scheme hatched by the Iebc and the government and has since petitioned the outcome that declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner.