Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered a new presidential election after annulling the results of last month’s poll in a shock decision in favour of the opposition. Joyous celebrations erupted outside the court and in Nairobi slums after the second term victory of President Uhuru …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered a new presidential election within 60 days, in a shock ruling cancelling the results of last month’s poll over widespread irregularities. Chief Justice David Maraga said a majority decision by the panel of six judges, with two dissenting, found that …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Supreme Court today declared the results of last month’s presidential poll “invalid, null and void” and ordered the election be re-run within 60 days. “The presidential election held on August 8 was not conducted in accordance with the constitution,” said Chief Justice David Maraga, ruling …
Read More »Kenya on edge as Supreme Court prepares election ruling
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Supreme Court will rule Friday on whether last month’s presidential election, which the opposition claims was riddled with irregularities, will be annulled or upheld. Days of sporadic protests erupted after President Uhuru Kenyatta, 55, was declared the winner of the August 8 vote with …
Read More »Kenya’s Supreme Court begins hearing election challenge
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Judges at Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday began hearing an opposition petition challenging the result of the August 8 presidential election. The seven judges have until September 1 to rule in the case in which opposition leader Raila Odinga alleges computer hacking and fraud handed …
Read More »Kenya’s defeated Odinga to take poll dispute to top court
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Opposition leader Raila Odinga said Wednesday he would take his claims that Kenya’s presidential election was rigged to the Supreme Court, after previously refusing to do so, and vowed to protest peacefully. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before …
Read More »Mbabazi’s evidence on Museveni election
MBABAZI EVIDENCE: Behind the scenes on how it `disappeared’ We find no cogent evidence of noncompliance. There is no evidence whether the ballot papers were actually cast as alleged. We find no evidence of multiple voting because the allegations could not be verified, given the nature of the evidence adduced …
Read More »Kenya Supreme Court upholds Uhuru Kenyatta’s win
By The Independent Team The Kenyan Supreme Court on Saturday upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in the presidential election, dismissing a challenge by his chief rival Raila. The nation’s highest court declared the election “free and fair,” ending weeks of uncertainty after the disputed March 4 poll. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga …
Read More »Civil Society to take Maternal Mortality Case to Supreme Court
By Ronald Musoke A number of civil society organizations led by the Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) are to appeal in the Supreme Court against the maternal health care case they lost last June in the Constitutional Court. David Kabanda, the director of programmes at CEHURD noted …
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