Cybersecurity
Kenya's Top Court Expected to Uphold Kenyatta's Election Win
- Financial markets gain as electoral violence is contained
- Opposition says President Kenyatta’s re-election was rigged
Kenyan President Wins Second Term as Vote Disputed
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Kenya’s top court will decide over the next two weeks whether to nullify the outcome of this month’s presidential elections that the main opposition says were rigged. Most legal experts and political analysts expect President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory to be upheld.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga alleges that members of the ruling party hacked the electoral authority’s computers to deliver Kenyatta, 55, a second term. Odinga’s five-party National Super Alliance initially ruled out legal action because it didn’t trust the Supreme Court’s impartiality, but backtracked after international pressure and the deaths of supporters in violent street protests.