Kenya Court Upholds President’s Election Win
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Kenya Court Upholds President’s Election Win
Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition politician who challenged Mr. Kenyatta in both votes, has said he will not accept
the outcome of either election held this year — neither the original Aug. 8 vote, nor the Oct. 26 rerun.
20, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two petitions seeking to overturn last month’s
presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term.
Kenya’s election commission has said that Mr. Kenyatta garnered 7.5 million votes in the Oct. 26 election, with a turnout of 38 percent.
Describing the event in a telephone call, she said the heavy police presence had been unexpected, at one point totally blocking the route, which "forced us
to drive on the wrong side of the road." Ms. Odinga said their car was hit with a tear-gas canister, cracking the windshield, and that gunfire followed.
" the party said in a statement. that We in NASA had repeatedly declared before this Supreme Court ruling today
that we consider this government to be illegitimate and do not recognize it,
Petitioners had claimed that Kenya’s election commission had not acted impartially
and had not followed the Constitution properly when it organized the Oct. 26 election, which was thrown into turmoil when Mr. Odinga withdrew from the race just weeks before ballots were to be cast.
Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition politician who challenged Mr. Kenyatta in both votes, has said he will not accept
the outcome of either election held this year — neither the original Aug. 8 vote, nor the Oct. 26 rerun.
20, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two petitions seeking to overturn last month’s
presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term.
Kenya’s election commission has said that Mr. Kenyatta garnered 7.5 million votes in the Oct. 26 election, with a turnout of 38 percent.
Describing the event in a telephone call, she said the heavy police presence had been unexpected, at one point totally blocking the route, which "forced us
to drive on the wrong side of the road." Ms. Odinga said their car was hit with a tear-gas canister, cracking the windshield, and that gunfire followed.
" the party said in a statement. that We in NASA had repeatedly declared before this Supreme Court ruling today
that we consider this government to be illegitimate and do not recognize it,
Petitioners had claimed that Kenya’s election commission had not acted impartially
and had not followed the Constitution properly when it organized the Oct. 26 election, which was thrown into turmoil when Mr. Odinga withdrew from the race just weeks before ballots were to be cast.