Ruto to be sworn in on August 30

By Daily Nation team

Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto and his deputy are to be sworn in on August 30, in the event the presidential election results are not contested.

Any person dissatisfied with the declaration of the president-elect has seven days from today to file a petition at the Supreme Court.

This means the deadline for filing a petition against the presidential election results announced yesterday is August 22.

The Supreme Court is supposed to determine the petition within 14 days from the date of filing and its decision shall be final.

Hearing of the petition commences immediately after the pre-trial conference, and determination of the petition is within 14 days from the date of filing the petition.

Article 141(2)(a) of the constitution on Assumption of Office of President provides that the President-elect should be sworn in on the first Tuesday following the 14th day after the date of the declaration of the result of the presidential election if no petition has been filed at the Supreme Court.

But if the election results are contested, the swearing-in will happen on the seventh day following the date on which the Supreme Court renders a decision declaring the election to be valid, Article 141(2) (b) of the constitution says.

The latest the Supreme Court can render its decision is September 5 and the latest the swearing-in can happen is September 12, if the court dismisses the petition.

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