{{President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta asked Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who is disputing his declaration as winner of March 4 to stop speaking about results, but wait for Supreme Court ruling on filed petitions.}}<\/p>\n
But in a quick rejoinder Raila who is the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy leader said he would not keep quiet about outcome and petition because it is a political process. <\/p>\n
He, however, insisted he would not touch on contents of the case his alliance filed challenging Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission\u2019s declaration of Uhuru as the winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a political process petitioning the presidential election. That is why it is in court. I can\u2019t stop speaking about it. The only thing I cannot do is to talk about the contents of the case,\u201d Raila told CORD leaders at Bomas of Kenya.<\/p>\n
Coincidentally Raila\u2019s meeting took place at the place where IEBC had its National Tallying Centre, where the disputed results were received amid rampant complaints of technological failures and collapse of transmission systems. <\/p>\n
Uhuru had asked Raila to stop stoking tension over the Supreme Court petition challenging his election as the country\u2019s Fourth President. Uhuru told the Premier to await the ruling on the petition before the Supreme Court, which today is scheduled to mention the three petitions filed. <\/p>\n
It was the first time that the President-elect had responded to utterances by Raila who is maintaining IEBC failed the integrity test and did not deliver a credible election process. <\/p>\n
Raila filed a petition on Saturday at the highest court in the land seeking to nullify IEBC\u2019s announcement of Uhuru as the winner.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Uhuru accused Raila of politicising the petition claiming the CORD leader had embarked on a public campaign allegedly to influence the outcome of Supreme Court petition.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us give the court a chance. There is no need to discuss the dispute outside the court,\u201d Uhuru said. He spoke while on a tour of the Port of Mombasa accompanied by Deputy President-elect William Ruto.<\/p>\n
Uhuru reiterated his Jubilee alliance would abide by the court verdict and that they expected the PM to do the same. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs we have said before, we will respect the court verdict. If things are good we are ready to work. We are asking Kenyans to uphold peace as we await the court decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Raila filed one of the petitions in which he claims the IEBC oversaw a flawed process based on a tainted voters\u2019 register and inflated figures. IEBC lawyers were due to file the commission\u2019s response last evening.<\/p>\n
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