[Senator James Orengo with a team of NASA lawyers. He says he was convinced with the merit of Raila Odinga petition. Photo/Nation]
Senior Counsel James Orengo says he volunteered to prepare Raila Odinga’s presidential petition due to unquestionable merit in it.
Orengo, who also doubles as Siaya senator, was among lawyers who will go down in history lane for successfully prosecuting a presidential petition.
At NTV on Wednesday, Orengo said he was confident that the case had merits that could be admitted in the court of law.
“I never appear in cases that have no merit and I’d have told my client to drop it if we were going to lose,” said Orengo, who has practiced law for four decades.
He added:”Having practiced law for long, I looked at it and saw critical evidence that could lead to nullification. I only needed to do a little bit more to win, which I did anyway.”
Also in the strong legal team included veteran lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee, Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo and Nyamira senator Okong’o Mogeni.
For the third time in the history of the world, Kenya joined the league of the only three nations to have nullified presidential elections.