Deputy President William Ruto addressing Jubilee supporters at Uhuru Park on September 9, 2017. [Photo/DPPS]

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Deputy President William Ruto has said the Supreme Court was used to subvert, short change and overturn the will of 15 million voters.

Speaking at Uhuru Park on Saturday, the DP asked the court to “come to its senses and apologise to the people of Kenya”.

He said “at the heart of any democracy” is the right of the people to decide. The DP pointed out that neither the will of candidates nor civil society sponsors can decide for the people.

Mr Ruto predicted that Kenyans’ resolve to elect President Kenyatta will be restated on the October 17, the date set for the fresh presidential election.

He told the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati to take his responsibilities as presidential election returning officer seriously, and stop “apportioning blame, stop writing memos and stop holding night meetings”.

Majority Leaders in the National Assembly and Senate Aden Duale and Kipchumba Murkomen told the IEBC to concentrate in planning the fresh election, not sideshows.

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was also at the meeting. In a brief speech, she urged Kenyans to vote in in peace in the repeat elections ordered by the Supreme Court.