Raila planned misfortune for country but we disappointed him, President Kenyatta says Nairobi, Kenya | PSCU | President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday September 9 said the opposition had schemed a misfortune for the country by misleading the Supreme Court to nullify his victory which was clear to all Kenyans and was confirmed by …
Read More »Odinga sets conditions to take part in Kenya poll re-run election
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday set several conditions for taking part in a presidential vote re-run on October 17 after the Supreme Court annulled last month’s poll won by President Uhuru Kenyatta. His conditions include the sacking of several election commission officials, a review of the electronic …
Read More »Presidential polls annulled around the world
Paris, France | AFP | The annulment by Kenya’s Supreme Court of last month’s presidential poll is a first in Africa, but has several precedents on other continents over the past two decades. – Austria: marathon election – Green-backed Alexander Van der Bellen, who ran as an independent, was declared …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Will Kenya always be the country of the future?
Nairobi, Kenya | ISS AFRICA | Two cheers for democracy. That would probably be a fair verdict on last week’s general elections in Kenya. It was free-ish and fair-ish. Over 15 million Kenyans stood in lines, often long, to elect a president, senate, national assembly, governors and members of assemblies for 47 counties, and women’s representatives. President Uhuru …
Read More »LIVE: Kenya election results announcement delayed
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s election commission has delayed the announcement of final Presidential results, saying they are ensuring they get it right before acting after a hotly-contested vote. The IEBC had promised to make final announcments at 2.30pm, but the body’s CEO Ezra Chiloba came at 4pm at the …
Read More »Jittery Kenya awaits final election results after disputed poll
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya nervously awaited Thursday the final results of its presidential election, with the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta holding a strong lead after a vote tainted by opposition claims of rigging and the death of four people. International observer missions called for calm and restraint as the …
Read More »Rwanda poll commission confirms Kagame’s nearly 99% win
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Rwanda’s electoral commission on Wednesday confirmed President Paul Kagame’s overwhelming victory in last week’s presidential election, even improving his score slightly to 98.79 percent. There had been little doubt that the 59-year-old would return to the helm of the east African nation which he has …
Read More »Kenya tensions spike as opposition cries foul over vote result
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election Wednesday but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police fired tear gas to disperse a few hundred protesters in Kisumu in western Kenya as well …
Read More »10AM UPDATE: Kenya’s Kenyatta surges ahead as opposition cries foul
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election Wednesday as his rival Raila Odinga rejected early results as “fake”, setting nerves on edge in east Africa’s richest economy. With ballots from 90 percent of polling stations counted, electoral commission (IEBC) results showed Kenyatta leading with 54.6 …
Read More »Obama calls for peaceful election in Kenya
Washington, United States | AFP | Former US president Barack Obama called Monday on Kenyans to hold a peaceful and untainted election, speaking out on the eve of a crucial vote in the East African country where his father was born. “I urge Kenyan leaders to reject violence and incitement; …
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