The Court has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes relating to the elections to the office of president arising under Article 140 of the Constitution.
However, an individual cannot serve as the Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court for more than 10 years even without reaching the age of 70.
At the end of the petition, the Supreme Court declined to nullify the election and affirmed the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta.
A statistician prepared an affidavit to show that this gap was statistically impossible if votes came in randomly from different parts of the country.
[5] At the conclusion of the hearing, the Supreme Court rendered a majority decision on September 1, 2017 holding that the election was not conducted in accordance with the Constitution and other electoral laws, that there were illegalities and irregularities committed by the electoral commission including in the results transmission process, and that the said illegalities and irregularities affected the integrity of the election.
The Court delivered a brief verdict on September 1, 2017, saying that it did not have the time to prepare a full reasoned judgment due to the amount of evidence presented.
A fake a screenshot shared on Facebook with a tweet purported to be from Supreme Court of Kenya Judge Njoki Ndung’u claiming to have accused Chief Justice (CJ) Martha Koome of being compromised in her judgement of the 2022 presidential election results in Kenya was fabricated as was reviewed by PesaCheck.