On the eve of reelection day, Kenya's courts thrust into limelight
When Kenyan chief justice David Maraga entered his courtroom Wednesday morning, on the eve of a hotly disputed presidential election here, the whole country seemed to be listening.
After all, what he said next would make political history – and not for the first time.
Seven weeks earlier, Kenya’s Supreme Court had struck down the results of the country’s August presidential election and ordered it rerun after the opposition claimed the vote counting was rigged – the only time an African court had ever done that, and just the fourth time it had happened in the entire world.
And now, Chief Justice Maraga was going to tell Kenyans whether the new election could go forward as planned on Thursday – or if
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