Lawyer Miguna Miguna has stated that Opposition Leader Raila Odinga should be held responsible over commitments during pre-August 2022 elections.
In a statement, the lawyer said that before the August 9, 2022 elections, all presidential candidates signed a commitment in public that they would accept the Presidential results.
Miguna added that it was publicly agreed if the presidential candidates had any grievances regarding those elections, they would channel them through the courts.
"It’s time to make Raila Odinga accountable for the commitments he made," he said on Saturday.
The Lawyer insisted that it's not only Kenyans who should be held accountable for the decision they made.
"We cannot have a country where only the economically poor and less privileged citizens are made accountable but the big fish operate with impunity!" Miguna added.
William Ruto, then Uhuru Kenyatta's deputy, won the 2022 elections to become the fifth president.
On August 15, 2022, former IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati declared him the presidential contest winner after defeating Raila Odinga and two other candidates in the August 9 polls.
Ruto garnered 7.1 million votes against Raila's 6.9 million votes.
However, Raila rejected the results terming them "null and void" and promised a bruising battle at the Supreme Court.
The apex court, however, threw out the consolidated petition for lack of sufficient evidence even as the judges indicted Chebukati for having fallen short in some areas in administering the election.
Chief Justice Martha Koome said Ruto garnered 50 per cent plus one of the votes cast saying discrepancies noted in some polling stations were not sufficient to annul Ruto's win.
Raila halfheartedly accepted the ruling although he said he does not agree with the judgment.
He said the possibility of bloodshed from post-election violence and fear of International Criminal Court charges compelled him to accept Ruto’s disputed win.
But in March, six months after the polls, Raila changed tune and termed Ruto's presidency illegitimate and vowed to mount pressure against him via street protests.
He listed six reasons to justify the call for mass action, including demanding that Ruto open IEBC servers for forensic analysis.
Raila claimed an expose from the Commission's whistleblower showed that he won the polls with 8.1 million votes against Ruto's 5.9 million.
The Azimio leader has also accused Ruto of nepotism in the Public service, an attempt to singlehandedly reconstitute IEBC and failure to lower the cost of living.
On April 1, Raila halted the street protests after Ruto suggested that he embraces bipartisan talks via Parliament to resolve the IEBC issue.
President Ruto said he is ready to engage with any leader but within the precincts of the law and dismissed the possibility of a handshake.
However, early this month, the street protests made a comeback on July 7, 2023.
Following the protests on Wednesday, Raila Odinga vowed not to bow out of protests until President William Ruto addresses the real issues.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Opposition chief said that it was not over until the real issues affecting Kenyans are addressed.
Raila said the protests will continue next week for three days until Ruto looks into the contested Finance Act, 2023.
"There is no moving on until Ruto comes out and openly repeals the Finance Act, 2023 and issues other measures to lower cost of living," he said.
A tough-talking President Ruto vowed not to let Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga use the blood of Kenyans to seek power.
Speaking in Naivasha on Friday, Ruto said he will use all means to stop the Opposition leader.
"Raila Odinga, I won't allow you to seek power on the back of the blood of Kenyans. I will stop you," he said.
