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LIVE: Kenya Supreme Court orders re-run of presidential poll

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 …

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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 …

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Kenya’s Supreme Court ends election challenge hearing

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s Supreme Court judges completed on Tuesday their hearing of an opposition challenge to the August 8 poll and said a ruling will be delivered on Friday. Opposition leader Raila Odinga argued the presidential poll was rigged and took his case to the court, challenging …

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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 …

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ANALYSIS: Whatever happened to East Africa’s oil boom?

Luke Patey | AFRICAN ARGUMENTS |  It was not long ago that East Africa was the shining frontier of the continent’s oil scene. Uganda sparked the rush in 2006 after wildcatters ventured deep inland and made Africa’s largest onshore discoveries in decades. And Kenya’s north­western Turkana region continued the run with new oilfields found …

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THIS WEEK: Uganda declared bird flu free

THIS WEEK: Uganda declared bird flu free Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Following a January outbreak of bird flu in parts of Wakiso and Masaka districts, neighboring countries including Kenya and Tanzania issued a trade ban on poultry products from the country until they are declared disease free. On …

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KENYA: How Uhuru Kenyatta won

‘Raila fatigue’ favours status quo in Kenya election Kenya |  YVONNE ROWA WOODS  | Kenya’s 2017 polls will be remembered as the election of minor gains and confounding contradictions. In the run up to polling, public discontent appeared to have been largely driven by the unprecedented sophistication in graft and …

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Kenya opposition lodges legal challenge to election

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s opposition filed a petition late Friday at the Supreme Court challenging the conduct and results of last week’s election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta, demanding new polls. Court registrar Esther Nyaiyaki received piles of bound papers from lawyers representing the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, …

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