KENYA
Challenges and Consequences
Opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga challenged the results of the recent election in Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday.
Odinga’s lawyers said there were discrepancies in some of the election forms, others lacked bar codes and other security features meant to prevent documents from being copied, and many of the election officers lacked the proper credentials, the local Standard newspaper reported.
Kenyan election authorities say President Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected by a margin of around 1.4 million votes, and independent monitors said those numbers matched estimates they made based on a sample of around 2,000 polling stations.
But Odinga’s supporters say the problems they’ve identified mean that the results from around a third of the polling stations are flawed.
At least 28 people were killed in election-related violence following the August 8 polls, many of them shot by police during protests after the results were announced, Reuters reported.
The court must rule on the challenge by Sept. 1. If it rules in favor of Raila, a new presidential election must be held within 60 days.
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