Kenyan court throws out president’s win, calls for new vote
NAIROBI, Kenya — President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election victory last month was thrown out Friday by Kenya’s Supreme Court, which ordered new voting within 60 days in a stunning decision that plunged the East African country back into political chaos.
The move to nullify an election was unprecedented on the African continent.
It gave new hope to opposition candidate Raila Odinga, who had alleged the electronic results of the Aug. 8 balloting were manipulated. He had lost by about 1.4 million votes out of roughly 15 million cast.
The court ruled 4-2 in Odinga’s favor, saying the electoral commission committed “illegalities and irregularities.