Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the August 9 election of William Ruto as president in a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Martha Koome said, throwing out a petition brought by opposition leader Raila Odinga. “This is a unanimous decision of the court … this court upholds the election of the first respondent (William Ruto) as… Read More Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds presidential election result
Kenya’s veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga filed a challenge to the results of this month’s presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday, his legal team said, sharpening a political clash that has gripped East Africa’s powerhouse. “What we did this morning is to file the online copy,” lawyer Daniel Maanzo told Kenyan television channel.… Read More Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga files challenge to presidential election result
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected as “null and void” the result of an August 9 presidential election he was declared to have lost, adding on Tuesday that Kenya’s democracy faces a long legal crisis. His first comments on the result came minutes after four of the seven election commissioners said they stood by their… Read More Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejects presidential election result
Kenya’s elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls. Hailing the electoral commission as “heroes” after he was declared the winner, Ruto said: “There is no looking… Read More Kenyan electoral body declares William Ruto as winner of presidential election
Kenyans voted in national elections on Tuesday, forming long queues at ballot stations in the heartlands of presidential frontrunners Raila Odinga and William Ruto, while elsewhere turnout was dampened by widespread voter apathy and frustration. Kenya is holding presidential, legislative and local elections at a time when its citizens are growing increasingly exasperated at surging… Read More Kenyans head to polls to vote in national elections
247NEWSUPDATE BLOG 