It’s a good Friday for the National Super Alliance (Nasa) camp as the Supreme Court Of Kenya invalidates the August polls and rules for a rerun.
Nasa was not satisfied with the elections and hence presented their petition.
The court found out various discrepancies and irregularities in the process.
Justices Jackton Ojwang’ and Lucy Ndung’u dissented against the majority decision.
Ndung’u said the election was conducted in accordance with constitution.
Ojwang’ said the petitioner did not have enough evidence.
The opposition wanted Uhuru’s victory nullified. According to the IEBC, Uhuru won the August 8 election by 1.4 million votes.
Last night the judges, aided by 40 experts, were burning the midnight oil at Nairobi’s Windsor Hotel, writing the judgment.
In anticipation of sporadic violence after the ruling, security has been heightened with major deployments and anti-riot and crowd control dr
During their submissions, NASA lawyers said the election results declared were not based on evidence as they cited mismatch of results in Forms 34B and the IEBC online portal.
James Orengo and Otiende Amollo outlined the “glaring errors” in IEBC forms that led to an allegedly rigged election. Orengo said the forms issued to them and the Supreme Court do not match with their respective constituencies
The Supreme Court of Kenya to ruled for rerun in the presidential elections after 60 days.