By Gordon Teti

Of course I still believe that there were serious discrepancies in the conduct of the presidential elections and that Uhuru Kenyatta was not validly elected president of Kenya on March 4, 2013. I still stand by my position that the elections were not free, fair and credible.

We, CORD coalition, took our petition to the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta by the IEBC as the president-elect, as required by the Constitution, and the Judges in their wisdom or lack thereof, on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 5 pm made a unanimous decision confirming Uhuru Kenyatta as president-elect. What do we do from here going forward to ensure that Kenya remains a Constitutional Republic? What do we do as a country to maintain Constitutionalism?

Kenyans, it is better the devil you know than an angel you don’t know so they say. It is better Uhuru Kenyatta Kamwana than military rule. Seeing the military top brass salute Uhuru Kenyatta in his private house weeks before Uhuru Kenyatta is sworn in office as the Commnader-In-Chief was a warning of sorts to Kenyans. It is either Uhuru Kenyatta or the military will take over.

I still believe that this was the message to Kenyans by the military. In 2000 Presidential elections in the United States of America, the Democratic candidate Al Gore won the elections but was not declared the winner. He took his case to the Supreme Court to Petition the declaration of George W Bush as president-elect. Al Gore, although was extremely disappointed by the Court’s decision that confirmed George W Bush as president-elect, he accepted the verdict of the Supreme Court.

The same is true with Raila Odinga who filed a petition challenging the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as president-elect. To so many of us, Raila Odinga was elected as president on March 4, 2013 but the IEBC declared Uhuru Kenyatta as president-elect. Raila Odinga moved to the Supreme Court as required by the Constitution of Kenya and filed a petition challenging the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta by the IEBC as president-elect.

The Supreme Court Judges delivered their verdict on Saturday, March 30, 2013 confirming Uhuru Kenyatta as president-elect. Although Raila Odinga did not agree with the decision made by the Supreme Court Judges, as a strong believer in the rule of law and Constitutionalism, he accepted the Court’s decision as a matter of principle, and asked his supporters, Gordon Teti being one of the supporters, to move on. Please, nothing lasts forever! Although many of us, CORD coalition supporters, are still hurting, let’s accept the reality that Uhuru Kenyatta Kamwana is the in-coming president of the Republic of Kenya.

For the sake of Constitutionalism and the rule of law let’s not give the military an excuse to take over power for this has been the game plan. Better the devil you know than an angel you don’t know. Better Uhuru Kenyatta Kamwana than military rule! God Bless Kenya and Kenyan people!