President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares his defence against the NASA petition at the Supreme Court challenging presidential election results, August 24, 2017. [Photo: PSCU]President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he defeated Raila Odinga fair and square in the August 8 general election.Uhuru gave a detailed response to Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s claims of electoral irregularities in the Supreme Court petition challenging his victory.In his 10-page affidavit, Uhuru took issue with Raila for disparaging his win and alleging that he and his deputy William Ruto are 'computer-generated' leaders.He says that the huge margin of over one million votes left no doubt that he won fair and square.“Despite such a clear poll victory, the 1st Petitioner (Raila) has continuously disparaged the electoral win and coined such demeaning remarks as ‘computer-generated leaders’. The Deputy President and I are not computer-generated leaders (vifaranga vya computer). The electoral victory was effected by the Kenyan voters,” Uhuru swore as quoted by the Standard.The President said the difference between his votes and Raila’s was 1,401,286, a significant margin that demonstrated the sovereign will of the people.To show the performance of his party as a sign of his win, the President illustrated in his affidavit the map of Kenya with almost two-thirds of it presented in red showing Jubilee Party wins and one-third in blue showing areas where Raila and the National Super Alliance won.The President attributed his victory to aggressive campaigns with his deputy that saw them attend more than 600 rallies across the country.“In addition, during the campaign period, the Deputy President and I made significant inroads in areas hitherto regarded as Opposition zones,” Uhuru said.He said Jubilee won a majority of positions in the other five elections for governor, Senate, woman representative, National Assembly, and Members of the County Assembly.

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