Kenyan Supreme Court judges arrive for a hearing of a petition challenging the August 8 presidential election results filed by the NASA coalition and Human Rights groups at the Supreme Court in Nairobi. [Photo|enca.com]NASA aligned lawyer Nelson Havi has cast aspersions on the ability of the Supreme Court to deliver a fair judgement on the petition challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta October 26 victory.Havi has said that the court is operating in an environment where there is dwindling hope in its ability to deliver for fear of interference."The petition this time will be decided in a poisonous political environment. The court is likely to lose objectivity because of interference by the executive. And that is why as Nasa we are saying we need a solution that is people-oriented," Havi told Citizen TV's Sunday Live programme.However, constitutional lawyer Kamotho Waiganjo disagreed with Havi saying that there is a need to be careful before casting aspersions on institutions 'only when they do not seem to favour our interests'."Let us allow the Supreme Court to make its determination. The court will either validate the election or nullify it but we should not go round talking things even when we do not have solid facts on our side to substantiate our unfounded claims," said Waiganjo.He also disapproved the path Nasa has taken to protest the October 26 elections results saying if an election has a deficit, there is a constitutional way to challenge that."We must allow our democracy to grow. But when we opt for what looks like extra-constitutional methods to express our dissatisfaction, then the democratic gains we have made over time, will be reversed," he said.

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