Kenyan Supreme Court judges attend a hearing of a petition challenging the election result filed by the National Super Alliance coalition and Human Rights groups at the Supreme Court in Nairobi

Kenya: Supreme Court nullifies presidential election orders fresh election

Supreme Court in Kenya has ordered a new vote after ruling that irregularities harmed the initial polling.

Meanwhile, Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has described the Supreme Court’s annulment of last months presidential election result as a very historic day for the people of Kenya.

Jubilation

jubilation

Odinga called it a precedent setting ruling saying it has never happened in Africa.

The Supreme Court ordered that a fresh election should be conducted within sixty days.