Master orator PLO Lumumba has once again left many Kenyans talking about his skills after making a submission at the Supreme Court.
Lumumba, while defending the IEBC from NASA's petition, used terms that had Kenyans wondering whether he knew what he was saying or was just using words.
"The pleadings before you suffer from lack of focus and particularity. The test of the election is simple, it doesn't require Pythagoras theorem," the lawyer told the seven-judge bench.
The remarks evoked displeasure among observers, social media users, as well as NASA and Jubilee leaders. Many took to social media to air their displeasure at the PLO.
Professor Makau Mutua said, "Does my friend PLO Lumumba have anything more than the grating Sound + Fury of the English language?"
"Justice is plain spoken not bombastic," he added.
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga' spokesman Dennis Onyango claimed Lumumba had applied to be NASA lawyer but was not admitted.
"PLO had applied to be spokesman for NASA through an SMS to one of the principals. The application was turned down. He has an axe to grind," he said.
Onyango added: "PLO's known history of betrayal and treachery made no NASA principal willing to vouch for him when he applied for a role. Let PLO deny."
'@dsmasinde' said: "I can see why a counsel like PLO Lumumba failed to succeed at the Anti Corruption Court. He supports stolen election."
"Cramming Latin words doesn't make one a good lawyer. In all honesty, I think PLO Lumumba risked sounding a little egotistical," said '@ProfGeoffnell'.
But Elgeyo Marakwet Senator-elect Kipchumba Murkomen criticised NASA saying "they had 30 advocates and now they hate PLO for descending on them while defending his client."
Murkomen added: "But why? That's the intolerance of our friends."
Former Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba said he was proud to associate with Lumumba.
"Proud to have been taught law by this distinguished Kenyan patriot, a fine son of Bondo, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba," he said.
'@MutindaMusembi' said: "De Minimis Non Curat Lex! Wafula Chebukati lawyer PLO Lumumba takes Supreme Court to school, calls NASA's case 'petty grievances'."