Kenya's Supreme Court Rules That The Last Presidential Election Is Invalid. A New Election Must Be Called

New York Times: Kenya Supreme Court Nullifies Presidential Election

NAIROBI, Kenya — In a historic ruling and a first in Africa, the Kenyan Supreme Court nullified on Friday the re-election of a sitting president, ordering a new vote to be held within 60 days after its stunning decision that balloting last month had been tainted by irregularities.

The Aug. 8 election was conducted peacefully and was largely praised by international observers. But David Maraga, the court’s chief justice, declared the result “invalid, null and void” after siding with the opposition, which had argued that the vote had been hacked and electronically manipulated to assure a victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Mr. Kenyatta, 55, was re-elected with 54 percent of the vote, easily surpassing the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. His main challenger, Raila Odinga, 72, who had petitioned the Supreme Court to nullify the election, received about 44 percent, a difference of about 1.4 million votes. A parallel tally by domestic observers endorsed the official result.

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WNU Editor: I have friends in Kenya, and they are shocked that the Supreme Court went this far in their ruling. No one expected this.

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