Kenya's Supreme Court outlines problems with presidential election
Date
8/31/2022 4:13:32 PM
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Kenya's Supreme Court outlined the inquiries it will address when rendering a decision about the contentious presidential election results from earlier this month, including whether the commission's website was hacked.
Deputy President William Ruto was declared the victor in a close poll, but opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is running for president for a record fifth time, is appealing the outcome.
Out of the seven commissioners, four rejected the outcome.
Concerns about potential violence have been raised, similar to those that followed contested elections in 2007 and 2017.
In an unstable region, Kenya is a crucial ally of the West and is home to numerous multinational corporations and organizations' regional offices.
A team working for Ruto is accused by Odinga's legal team of hacking the voting system and replacing real photographs of polling station result forms with phony ones in order to increase Ruto's percentage of the vote.
Three commissioners of the election commission have backed the process, while four have raised concerns in their opposing responses.
According to Chief Justice Martha Koome, the seven-member court's president, the Supreme Court will decide if the results of the polling places were tampered with and whether any candidates were hurt by the postponement of eight gubernatorial and legislative elections.
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