Raila, Kalonzo, Weta go to church ahead of Supreme Court vigil

NASA principals attended a service at All Saints Cathedral on Sunday ahead of a vigil at Supreme Court which police may not allow.

The Opposition leaders were led by presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his wife Ida.

Ida, Raila, Moses Wetang'ula (Ford Kenya) and Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) were seen singing from hymn books alongside congregants during the service.

The leaders are expected to hold a public assembly outside the Supreme Court ahead of the hearing of the presidential petition they filed from 3pm.

"A peaceful public assembly will continue outside the Court from 11 am," ODM director of communications Philip Etale said in a statement on Sunday.

This will be preceded by a ruling on an application by NASA lead counsel James Orengo to access IEBC servers.

The lawyers want the court to grant them permission for access to logs on election transmission servers. They want to verify whether the results announced by IEBC correspond with those recorded on forms 34A, 34B and 34C.

More on this: Hearing of presidential petition to kick off at 3pm Sunday

On Friday, Nairobi police commander Japheth Koome said he will not allow the Opposition coalition to hold a vigil at the Supreme Court ahead of petition hearings.

More on this: Koome rejects NASA request to hold Sunday vigil at Supreme Court

But an official of NASA party ODM said no law gives police powers to approve or reject notices for public gatherings,

Executive director Oduor Ong'wen said that it was "incomprehensible" for police to outlaw a prayer meeting NASA was to have on Sunday.

Read: Police don't have power to reject NASA prayers request - Oduor Ong'wen

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