Attempted Political Coup Underway in Kenya
NOVANEWS
Supreme Court in 4-2 majority nullifies August 8 presidential election
By Abayomi Azikiwe
In an unprecedented legal decision four members out of seven within the Kenyan Supreme Court struck down the results of the presidential elections which were held on August 8.
Four members voted in favor of nullification, two were dissenting, while one chief justice was in hospital and did not participate in the decision.
This is the first time in Africa’s 66-year history of electoral politics where such a significant occurrence has taken place.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, 55, was declared the winner of the poll carried out less than a month ago with 54 percent of the votes counted. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, 72, who ran on behalf of the opposition coalition known as t...