Retired CJ Mutunga once opined that highly charged political cases can destroy a court.
You can imagine the pressure on Maranga as he tries against all odds to be, and appear neutral and accommodative to all parties while adhering to the laid down procedures and applying the law.
Clearly Orengo and co are out to surreptitiously wreck the ship from inside while portraying themselves as victims.
- Making impracticable requests, such as the request to be allowed unfettered access to IEBC ICT systems.
- Asserting that unless they are allowed to a fishing expedition into IEBC data forms 34As and 34Bs, their case crumbles.
While everybody else is focused on the judicial consideration of the merits and demerits of the petition, the NASA brigade including the group in Court led by Orengo are looking to achieve a very different goal – projecting the entire system, - including the Court - as rigged against them.
Isuni yilu yi maa me muyo - ni Mbisuu