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[Published: Wednesday September 20 2017]

 Kenya's Supreme Court criticises electoral commission

Nairobi 20 Sep (ANA) - Kenya's Supreme Court has blamed the country's electoral commission (IEBC) for its decision to annul the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The judges said the 8 August poll was "neither transparent or verifiable". Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu said the IEBC did not verify the presidential results before they were announced. Mr Odinga went to court alleging that he had been cheated of victory and that the IEBC had not followed the law in the conduct of the election. The Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of annulling the election on 1 September but it has only now explained why it took that decision. It was the first time in Africa that a court had agreed with an opposition demand to cancel a presidential election over rigging allegations.(ANA)
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