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General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017. Incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of the presidential contest with 54.17% of the vote, whilst his main rival Raila Odinga finished second with 44.94% of the vote. The opposition claimed that it had won and that the government had rigged the elections.
General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate. [2] They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors and representatives in the devolved governments. The published results showed that incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee Party had ...
Decided. September 1, 2017. (2017-09-01) Raila Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & others [2017] KESC 31 (KLR) [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Kenya that nullified the presidential results of the 2017 General Elections in Kenya. The petition was brought forward by Raila Odinga and Kalonzo ...
The handshake came at a time when the political tensions in the country were at its peak after the 2017 General Elections disputed by the opposition culminating into a mock swearing-in of Raila Odinga on 30 January 2018 as the 'People's President.' [18] Kang'ata is now considered to be a victim of the prophecy of fellow Senator and lawyer James ...
The commission organised the general election on 4 March 2013. The presidential election was petitioned at the Supreme Court of Kenya. [clarification needed] [18] The IEBC's handling of the Kenyan general election, 2017, has drawn scrutiny. The Supreme Court of Kenya invalidated the first Presidential election results due to voting ...
On 18 October 2017, Akombe resigned from her position as a commissioner of the IEBC during a time when the country was in a crisis following the Supreme Court nullification of the 2017 Kenyan Election Her decision almost plunged the largest East African Economy to constitutional crisis. On 1 September 2017, the Supreme Court of Kenya passed ...
The 2018 Kenya handshake was a political truce made on 9 March 2018 between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga.The two had been the leaders of opposing political factions amidst widespread political violence and civil unrest; they had previously faced one another in the contested 2017 Kenyan general election. [1]
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) emerged as the largest party, winning 19 seats and taking 67.5% of the vote. The electoral system was changed again prior to the 1963 elections, with the creation of a 129-seat House of Representatives and a 38-seat Senate. KANU won a majority in the House of Representatives and the most seats in the ...