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Kenya’s Supreme Court starts hearing challenges to presidential vote

Kenya’s Supreme Court began hearing arguments Wednesday in challenges to the presidential election. The court on Tuesday had a pre-trial where all parties confirmed their affidavits submissions. Earlier on, the court had ordered a vote recount in 15 polling stations which are ongoing.

The court had also thrown out two other petitions on the basis of lacking a mandate. On Wednesday, lawyers representing the 1st petition, Raila Odinga took the floor to dislodge the election of William Ruto and the 5th President.

Odinga is among those challenging the results and alleging a range of problems with the election process. Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner earlier this month with just over 50% of the votes. The court must rule on all challenges by the end of Monday.

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