KENYA NEWS

The Supreme Court has delivered its full ruling on the invalidation of the August 8th presidential election. Reading the judgement of the majority, the Supreme Court highlighted some of the key reasons they overturned the poll. The judges ruled that IEBC defied the order to open its servers for…

The US Carter Center has dismissed earlier reports that the co-leader of the Center's Kenya election- monitoring team, John Kerry had apologized to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga for declaring the nullified August 8th presidential election free and fair. There were media reports that the…

US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec has defended US government's decision to send congratulations to President Uhuru Kenyatta for his victory in the nullified August 8th election. In an interview with the Star, Godec termed Kenya's Supreme Court decision to annul the poll and urged stakeholders to…

National Super Alliance (NASA) has backtracked its earlier position on the place of international election observers in Kenya. The Raila-led coalition has now welcomed international observers to monitor the October 17th repeat presidential election after softening its earlier stand that the…

Police and protesters believed to be Jubilee Party supporters were on Wednesday morning forced to scamper for safety after a swarm of bees attacked outside the Supreme Court. The protesters arrived outside the Supreme Court after the judges arrived to give their detailed ruling on the annulment of…

Hundreds of Jubilee supporters on Tuesday staged peaceful demonstrations outside the Supreme Court accusing the judges of unfairly overturning President Uhuru Kenyatta’s August 8th victory. The demonstrators waved placards against Chief Justice David Maraga accusing him of slowing the country after…

Chief Justice David Maraga has come out to boldly speak against the attacks on the Judiciary, saying that they will stand firm for the rule of law. Speaking in press briefing at the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, Maraga claimed that Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinett had ignored his…

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati has ordered CEO Ezra Chiloba to suspend three officers in the ICT directorate in what he termed as an effort to restore waning public confidence in the commission’s ability to conduct a credible repeat election. In an internal memo, Chebukati directed Chiloba to…

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised the Kenya Supreme Court decision to annul the August 8th presidential election, saying that the verdict should give direction on how the US should handle its elections in the future. On September 1st, the Kenya apex court overturned the…

A US electoral forensic expert now claims that a scrutiny of Kenya's August 8th election found "widespread but minor frauds occurred". The American expert further reveals that his analysis showed that both President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga benefited from the "fraud". Professor Walter Mebane…