Raila: Grand Coalition Remains in Office Until 4th President Is Sworn

Prime Minister Raila Odinga addresses Mourners at Ranalo Village, Rarieda, Siaya County during the Burial service for Mama Selina Odoyo the Mother to William Osewe the proprietor Ranalo Restaurant Nairobi.

Picture Domnic Odhiambo

PMPS 23rd March 2013.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga maintains that the coalition government remains in office until the fourth president of the republic is sworn.
 
He insists that the lifespan of the coalition comes to an end when the new government legitimately assumes office.

“The coalition government is still in power because the president, the Prime Minister, and the Vice President will remain in office until the next government takes oath of office” Odinga said.

He cautioned the public servants especially the Permanent Secretaries to stop taking ‘political decisions’ in the presumption that they could oversee the transition period.

The premier clarified that his decision to shelve making public his opinion about the petition he filed dismissing the results of the recent polls was not driven by the recent purported directive by the bureaucrats.

“I only thought it was descent to suspend such talks in public gatherings to allow the legal process flow without prejudice” he explained.

Odinga gave his position today when he joined mourners for the burial of Mama Selina Guda, the late mother a renowned Nairobi hotelier Mr. William Ragegni village in Siaya County.

Notable guests at the funeral included Siaya Governor elect Rasanga Amoth, Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo and Bondo counterpart Gideon Ochanda.
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CORD Coalition Press Briefing on the Impending Presidential Petition

We have called this conference as part of our continuing briefing on the pending Presidential election petition.

We would like to draw the county’s attention to the following:

1. IEBC is currently running advertisements on media asking Kenyans to accept the results of the elections held last week. We would like to reiterate that the right to petition an election result is constitutionally guaranteed. IEBC as the institution whose deficiencies are subject of such challenges cannot therefore purport to ask the public to accept the election results as that is tantamount to violation of the democratic rights. We demand that the IEBC stop these advertisements forthwith.
2. As CORD prepares to file the petition against the presidential results, our candidate has made concrete assurances to the public that he will respect and uphold the decision of the Supreme Court on this matter. We hereby ask the Jubilee Alliance to issue a similar assurance to Kenyans.
3. We are concerned at attempts by sections of government to create the impression that the election is over and done with. We would like to inform the government, our supporters and Kenyans in general that the process of filing a petition is part and parcel of the election process and urge the government to respect this process and stop any provocative actions that could undermine the process and prevailing peace in the country.
4. Note that the Coalition government is still in place until the next President is sworn in, which will be clear when the petition to be filed within the constitutional timeline has been determined by the Supreme Court.

For

CORD COMMUNICATION TEAM
Hon James Orengo
Hon ​Mutula Kilonzo
Hon ​Ogla Karani

CORD Coalition Files Historic Petition At High Court

An election petition will this morning at 11 a.m EAT be filed at the High Court sitting at Milimani,Nairobi seeking orders compelling the IEBC and Safaricom Ltd. to furnish us with relevant documentation related to the recent Presidential Elections.
The documents sought,alongside massive evidence already available at our disposal pertaining to electoral fraud and irregularities will be integral ingredients in the CORD Petition challenging the purported declaration by IEBC of Uhuru Kenyatta as the President elect,which will be filed later this Week.

CORD coalition led by the PM Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka have said they will file a petition challenging the election of President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto.

In the petition, Owalo claims that IEBC and Safaricom have ignored his request for the documents despite requests and his willingness to meet the cost of processing and producing them.

The documents Owalo wants from IEBC include all form 34, 35, and 36 from all polling stations and constituencies all over the country in relation to the presidential elections and all the results that were declared electronically at the Bomas Tallying Centre.

The petitioner is also seeking the log files for all short messages that were declared electronically received from Safaricom, all software contracts between the IEBC and all firms that provided software services to them in connection with the just concluded general elections.

The petitioner also wants the serial numbers of all handheld transmission devises that were actually configured and made ready for use as aforesaid and the constituencies in which they were meant to be used and serial numbers of all handheld transmission devises that were configured and the constituencies in which they were meant to be used.

Other documents include the Green book, provisional register of all registered voters and the final register of all registered voters.

Owalo wants the court to compel Safaricom to release the numbers of all handheld transmission devices that were used to electronically transfer date from polling stations to the tallying centre and the print out of all messages that were sent through all handheld transmission devices that were used to electronically transfer data from the polling stations.

The petitioner also wants all contracts signed between Safariom and IEBC in connection with the just concluded general election and a record of all information transmitted to IEBC Server on the March 4 and 5 2013.