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Kenyan Vote to Proceed as Opposition Calls for Mass Resistance
- Court lacks quorum after attack, declaration of holiday
- Opposition warns Kenyatta responsible ‘if the worst occurs’
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Kenya’s presidential-election rerun will go ahead Thursday after the Supreme Court failed to hear a petition seeking a postponement, as the opposition National Super Alliance announced the start of a national resistance movement against what it called a “coup d’etat.”
Chief Justice David Maraga said on Wednesday he couldn’t proceed because some judges were unavailable, including one whose car was attacked by gunmen the night before. The opposition said the judges had been “either intimidated or compromised,” rendering the tribunal unable to adjudicate.