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Kenya’s Supreme Court will decide on Monday whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling anxiously awaited in a country scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence. kenyaelections2022

A police officer secures sealed ballot boxes at an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the general election, at the St. Teresa Girls Secondary School tallying centre near Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya August 11, 2022.A police officer secures sealed ballot boxes at an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the general election, at the St. Teresa Girls Secondary School tallying centre near Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya August 11, 2022.

was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by the commission chairman, saying the tallying had been opaque. “The evidence that has been presented by the petitioner shows a well orchestrated and fraudulent scheme that was executed with military precision,” Odinga’s lawyer, Philip Murgor, told the court on Friday.

If the court nullifies the result, a new election must be organised within 60 days. The court’s decision is final.

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