No, President-Elect William Ruto has not stated that he will protest the Supreme Court decision.

Claim

President-Elect Ruto will protest; he must have sensed something about the ruling – Charles Tebandeke, MP Bbaale County, Uganda

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is Misleading.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We discovered a video posted on NTV’s official Twitter account on September 4, 2022, in which President-elect Dr William Ruto is clearly heard saying he will accept and respect the Supreme Court judges’ decision on the August 9 presidential election.

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Statement by President-elect William Ruto on the decision of Supreme Court justices

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