KENYA NEWS

The repeat presidential election set for Thursday will proceed as planned after the Supreme Court failed to hear a petition seeking to postpone the poll citing lack of quorum. Speaking at the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning ,Chief Justice David Maraga said the court lacked quorum to listen to…

The High Court has declined to issue orders seeking to bar anti-IEBC protests called by NASA on election day. While making the ruling on Wednesday morning, high court judge Justice John Mativo said that granting the orders to block the demonstrations would be unconstitutional since the rights to…

The High Court has quashed a petition that sought to have a caretaker government take over from President Uhuru Kenyatta should the repeat presidential election set for Thursday fail to be held. In its ruling on Tuesday, the high court said that the jurisdiction to determine the formation of a…

The High Court has on Wednesday declared the appointment of returning officers and their deputies by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as illegal and irregular. In its ruling, the court said that the process in which the hiring of constituency returning officers and their…

Former Law Society of Kenya Secretary General Apollo Mboya wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to bar President Uhuru from contesting in the October 26th repeat election. The lawyer want the Jubilee party candidate and his running mate William Ruto disqualified on…

The Commonwealth has pulled its team out of election observers out of the Thursday repeat presidential election. The Commonwealth, which had a 15-member team of observers led by former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama during the August 8th general election, cited rising tensions and the…

Consolata Nkatha Maina, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chairperson has been appointed as Deputy National Returning Officer for Thursday's fresh presidential election. In a letter signed by electoral commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati on Tuesday, IEBC said it had…

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear and determine a case in which three voters are seeking to have Thursday’s repeat presidential election postponed. This comes after Chief Justice David Maraga admitted the petition and certified it as urgent. “The matter is to be heard at 10am tomorrow…

A driver attached to Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has sustained serious gun wounds after he was shot by an unknown gunman along Ngong Road in Nairobi. Confirming the incident, Nairobi Police commander Japheth Koome said the Police Constable Titus Mutiso was shot near Marsabit Plaza where he…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko is seeking orders from the court to have embattled billionaire businessman Jimmy Wanjigi and his wife, Irene Nzisa barred from traveling abroad. In a submission filed by senior assistant DPP Victor Mule, the office of DPP further said it was not…