President Uhuru Kenyatta at a past function. [PHOTO/Tuko]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has told off opposition NASA over their demand that his win in the repeat presidential election be nullified.
The president said that since NASA boycotted the election, they had given up any legitimacy to discuss the outcome of the same poll.
Through his legal counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, the president submitted that the three petitioners Harun Mwau, Njonjo Mue and Khelef Khalifa do not qualify as aggrieved voters since they chose to boycott the poll.
“That person who can challenge a presidential election is not just a registered voter, but a person who exercises the right to participate in the election,” he submitted.
He also accused the petitioners of ulterior motives and said they were in the court corridors only for personal gain.
“A person who files a petition challenging the election of a candidate must not do so as an academic exercise or as a game of chance or as a proposal for donor funding or become a national irritant,” he submitted.
“That person must have a genuine grievance, he must state before this court that his right as a voter who participated in the election that is being impugned, was violated by the conduct of the first and second respondents.”