THINGS FALL APART: Leaked Chebukati memo reveals failings in Kenya’s election body Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The chairman of Kenya’s election commission has written to the panel’s CEO, questioning a host of failings in the conduct of last month’s presidential poll, annulled by the Supreme Court. In the …
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 »Kenya to hold fresh presidential vote October 17
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya will hold a fresh presidential vote on October 17, the election commission said Monday, after the country’s Supreme Court overturned the result of last month’s poll won by President Uhuru Kenyatta. “A fresh presidential election will be held on the 17th of October 2017,” …
Read More »Gloves come off in Kenya ahead of new presidential vote
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Sparks were flying in Kenya on Sunday as the main rival of President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the ousting of members of the country’s election commission, likening them to “hyenas”, while judges slammed “veiled threats” by the president after the shock annulment of his re-election …
Read More »Kenyan judges slam Kenyatta’s ‘veiled threats’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan judges have slammed the “veiled threats” made by President Uhuru Kenyatta after the judiciary overturned his election on the ground that it was flawed. Calling it “an assault on the judiciary”, the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) late Saturday asked people to ignore …
Read More »Fuming Kenyatta hits out at judiciary over poll cancellation
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday lashed out at the judiciary for overturning his re-election, and refused opposition demands to replace the tarnished polls commission. While repeating his assertion that he respected the Supreme Court decision, a bellicose Kenyatta set the stage for a bitter …
Read More »Kenya media hail ‘bombshell’ court ruling to annul vote
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s press on Saturday praised the Supreme Court decision to annul last month’s presidential poll as a hard-fought victory for the rule of law, and sign of a maturing democracy. Pointing to widespread irregularities in the electronic transmission of vote results, Chief Justice David …
Read More »KENYATTA: Supreme Court will not subvert will of Kenyans
Nairobi, Kenya | PSCU | President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday said the will of millions of Kenyans, expressed by a huge majority in August 8 elections, will not be subverted by the Supreme Court. President Kenyatta, accompanied by Deputy President William Ruto on a tour of Nairobi, called on Kenyans to maintain peace in …
Read More »Jubilant crowds dub Kenya’s top judge ‘an African hero’
Kibera, Kenya | AFP | “Baba! Baba!” the men cried, screaming out the nickname of Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga as they rolled about in the middle of a road, clutching a campaign poster with his picture on it. Moments earlier a man in a full gorilla suit zipped by …
Read More »Shock as Kenya court cancels election result, demands re-run
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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