24/03/2013
The Supreme Court
battles
challenging the
declaration of
Jubilee leader Uhuru
Kenyatta as
president-elect hold the
potential
for several legal
surprises.
No less than three
petitions have
been filed over the
outcome of the
March 4 General Election,
with a
CORD campaign official
and a civil
society group seeking to
have the
election nullified. The six
judges in
the court are expected
to consider
these along with
written responses
from electoral officials
and the
Jubilee team.
The merits of the cases
cannot be
argued in public, but
observers are
already casting an eye
as to the
possible outcomes and
their
implications for the
parties in the
contest.
Legal, election and
political experts
say some of the
possible
permutations have
serious
implications for Jubilee,
CORD and
the Independent
Electoral and
Boundaries Commission
(IEBC). They
could prove a shock for
voters as
well, after the country
conducted
peaceful elections since
the
2007/2008 post-poll
violence.
