The appeals court has upheld the Anyang’ Nyong’o’s election as Kisumu governor.
The second highest court in the land on Thursday threw out an appeal filed by Prof Nyong’o’s predecessor Jack Ranguma for lack of merit.
Justice Phillip Waki said the trial judge, Justice David Majanja, did not err in declaring Prof Nyong’o the winner of the August 8, 2017 poll based on the results announced by the electoral commission.
The court found that the election was carried out according to the Constitution, the Election Act and other election laws.
Justice Waki also supported the High Court ruling denying Mr Ranguma scrutiny, recount and re-tallying of the votes.
Justice Waki said the discrepancies in the Kisumu governorship election could not alter the final results.
He indicated that even if the results from five polling stations in Kisumu East, which were not recorded, were to be considered, it would not affect the final outcome.
“It is not in dispute that the third respondent (Nyong’o) was declared winner before all the results were counted and collated but even assuming Ranguma was awarded all the 3,500 votes from the five polling stations, this would not alter the majority will of the Kisumu people which was 115, 164 votes garnered by Prof Nyong’o,” said Justice Phillip Waki.
He added that the will of Kisumu people was clear in the votes cast.
