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President-elect William Ruto has pledged to accept the Supreme Court’s decision on the petitions challenging his victory in the August 9th presidential election.   Ruto, who spoke during the swearing-in ceremony of Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja at KICC on Thursday, urged other leaders to…
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An Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) clerk was on Wednesday charged for allegedly issuing extra ballot papers to a voter during the August 9th general election. Pamela Wangui, who was stationed at Kihuhiro Primary School Polling Station in Kieni West Constituency, Nyeri County…
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Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has named a team of 41 lawyers who will help him to challenge president-elect William Ruto’s win at the Supreme Court. Senior Counsel James Orengo will be the lead counsel alongside Senior Counsel Pheroze Nowrojee, Senior…
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Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will declare him president-elect. Speaking on Wednesday in Mombasa where he drummed up support for ODM gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir, Odinga noted that a repeat…
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Retired Chief Justice David Maraga has disowned a tweet purporting to endorse president-elect William Ruto’s victory in the August 9th presidential election. The tweet quoted the former Chief Justice claiming that Ruto, who vied on a UDA party ticket, won the election fairly and that he should be…
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South Africa opposition party leader Julius Malema has urged Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga to concede defeat after losing the August 9th election to William Ruto. Malema, who is the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, called upon Odinga to…
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Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced the death of a passenger on its flight that was heading to Nairobi from New York in the United States on Monday. The national carrier says the passenger fell ill mid-air, prompting the flight KQ003 to divert to Casablanca, Morocco for a medical emergency. The…
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Former journalist and anti-corruption crusader John Mark Githongo has filed an affidavit at the Supreme Court challenging the results of the August 9th presidential election. Githongo, who is  CEO of Inuka Kenya ni Sisi organization, claims that the results of the election were tainted by…
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Three petitioners have filed a case at the High Court seeking to have section 80(4)(a) of the Elections Act declared unconstitutional, null and void. Ashford Koome Mbogo, Michael Ochieng Asola, and Eric Githinji want the High Court to make an interpretation of the aforementioned section before the…
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Outgoing Makueni Governor Prof. Kivutha Kibwana has agreed to work with President-elect William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza team. Through Facebook on Tuesday, Ruto announced that Kibwana has joined the coalition’s legal team on the presidential petition filed at the Supreme Court. “We associate with the…