Siaya Senator James Orengo has urged Kisumu County Governor Professor Peter Anyang Nyong’o to focus on service delivery, after the Court of Appeal upheld his victory.
Reacting to the ruling, Orengo who was Nyong’o's lead lawyer in the case said the governor has his work cut out in terms of service delivery.
“You deserve to be the Governor of Kisumu, now work for the people,” Orengo who also doubles up as Leader of Minority in the Senate told Governor Nyong’o.
On Thursday morning, a three-judge-bench affirmed High court’s decision to dismiss former Kisumu governor Jack Ranguma’s appeal against Nyong’o's election.
In the ruling read by Justice Philip Waki, the appellate court noted that Nyong'o's election was conducted in accordance to the law.
"It is not in dispute that the third respondent (Nyong'o) was declared winner before all the results were counted and collated but even assuming Ranguma was awarded all the 3,500 votes from the five polling stations, this would not alter the majority will of the Kisumu people which was 115, 164 votes garnered by Prof Nyong'o," said Justice Phillip Waki as quoted by Nation.
It is still unclear whether Ranguma will move to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling.