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Nairobi, Kenya |  THE STAR KENYA |  Supreme Court judges on Wednesday bombarded the Azimio la Umoja legal team with tough questions on some of the issues they raised during their oral submissions in the presidential petition. The judges shot the questions to specific lawyers who made certain claims on the electoral …

  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA | The Supreme Court of Kenya has settled on nine key issues it is set to determine in the presidential petition. Speaking on Tuesday, Chief Justice Martha Koome said that after consolidating the petitions, the court had settled on nine issues for determination. “The …

  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  By the end of this week, Kenyans and others interested in the 2022 General Elections could have a clear picture of the truths about the results of the polls. The Supreme Court of Kenya will give its verdict either annulling or upholding the results …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & THE STAR KENYA | Kenya’s Chief Registrar of Judiciary Anne Amadi has said the Supreme Court is ready for the task of hearing the presidential election petition. The presidential petition is filed by Azimio leader Raila Odinga, disputing the declaration of William Ruto as president-elect by IEBC …

  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |  President-elect William Ruto has put together a team of lawyers to defend his win in petitions filed Monday at the Supreme Court. Ruto will be banking on seasoned lawyers to help thwart attempts to nullify his election as President Uhuru Kenyatta’s successor …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court entered a summer recess on Thursday after concluding a term filled with consequential rulings and a sworn-in ceremony for its first African American female justice. The Supreme Court — where conservatives have a 6-3 advantage over the liberal bloc — on Thursday …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in at noon on Thursday to formally become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the nation’s first African American woman to serve in that role. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the constitutional oath for Jackson while Associate …

Houston, U.S. | Xinhua | A wave of protests and lawsuits has swept the United States after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. A judge on Monday blocked southern state Louisiana from enforcing the abortion ban, while …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | At least four rallies for abortion rights were held in Los Angeles after U.S. Supreme Court made decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The first Los Angeles crowds to protest the ruling began to gather around noon outside the federal courthouse downtown and grew …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the nation nearly 50 years ago. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his majority opinion. “Its reasoning was …