Kenyan President Slams Election Annulment as ‘Judicial Coup’
- Court decision to annul vote a ‘judicial coup’: Kenyatta
- Nullification of presidential vote was a first for Africa
Uhuru Kenyatta
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta suggested the electoral authority may change the date of the rerun of last month’s presidential election, as he slammed the Supreme Court ruling that annulled the vote as a “judicial coup.”
Supporters of Kenyatta’s ruling Jubilee Party will win the election “by casting votes on the date to be announced” by the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission, Kenyatta told a gathering of pastoral-community leaders in the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday. The Star, a Nairobi-based newspaper, reported on Sept. 19 that the IEBC will propose the vote be held on Oct. 26, instead of the previously suggested date of Oct. 17.