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Uhuru Kenyatta

NAIROBI. – President Kenyatta says he personally disagrees with the decision of the Supreme Court to nullify his re-election, but accepts and respects it.

In his address to the nation yesterday, President Kenyatta said his win was as a result of “the will of the people”.

“We believe in the rule of law,” he said at State House in Nairobi. However, President Kenyatta hit out at the judges, saying “six people have decided they will go against the will of the people.”

He called on Kenyans to maintain peace and vowed to beat his arch-rival Raila Odinga and his Nasa brigade at the ballot in the repeat polls due in 60 days.

“Your neighbour will always remain your neighbour irregardless. . .” he said. Accompanied by his deputy William Ruto, President Kenyatta said they were ready to face off with Odinga and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka.

He called on the opposition leaders to go out and sell their policies to voters, exuding confidence that the Jubilee Party’s track record would see them win again.

President Kenyatta spoke hours after the Supreme Court quashed his re-election and ordered fresh polls. A six-judge bench, by majority decision, on Friday indicted the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), saying it conducted the elections contrary to the dictates of the Constitution and poll laws.

Following the decision by the Supreme Court judges to annul the re-election of President Kenyatta, Jubilee supporters remained calm as they pondered the judgement.

In Gatundu, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hometown, residents who spoke to Nation said the decision by the Supreme Court was not only unfair but it is also bad for the economy as the money spent during the August 8 election “has just gone to waste”.

They said more funds which would have been spent in improving the economy will be spent in the repeat presidential election. – Daily Nation.