Jubilee Supporters Pour to the Streets to Celebrate Supreme Court Ruling

Jubilee party supporters poured to the streets of various towns across the country on Monday, singing and dancing as they celebrated the Supreme Court verdict that upheld President Uhuru’s re-election in the October 26th repeat presidential election.

Hundreds of supporters of the ruling party turned up to celebrate the decision outside the Supreme Court buildings in Nairobi. The President’s supporters simultaneously flooded streets of various towns, including Nairobi’s central business district, as they cheered and danced, while others prayed. Similar celebrations were witnessed in Nakuru, Thika, Githurai, Naivasha and Nyeri towns.

In Eldoret town, Deputy President William Ruto’s backyard, Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago led area leaders in an entourage to celebrate the landmark ruling by six Supreme Court judges.

In Gatundu, the home turf of President Uhuru, residents carried placards bearing and images of the President and his deputy.

However, things were different in a few opposition strongholds. Supporters of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) and its leader Raila Odinga took to the streets to express their dissatisfaction with the ruling. The supporters staged protests in some parts of Nyanza, Raila’s home turf, Kibera and Mathare slums in Nairobi. In Kisumu, a car was set on fire in Kondele slums, with anti-riot police officers firing tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.

“We are waiting for our leader Raila Odinga to give us direction…if it will come to secession, then so be it,” one of the supporters said.