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By\u00a0Taylor Cain
\nStaff Writer<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kenyan Supreme Court announced Sept. 20 that it nullified the results of its Aug. 8 presidential election after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) failed to verify the results.<\/p>\n

IEBC declared incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner with 54 percent of the vote, Tthe\u00a0New York Time<\/a>s reported, and opposition leader Raila Odinga took 44 percent. More than 19.7 million votes separate the two candidates,\u00a0CNN<\/a>reported.<\/p>\n

Odinga disputed the election results, and the Supreme Court asked IEBC to give them access to the computer servers., but they refused to comply with the request, The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court Justice Philomena Mwilu said the court assumes the electronic voting system was compromised or their data was interfered with,\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0reported. The unwillingness of the IEBC to give judges access to the computer further serves the court\u2019s suspicions.<\/p>\n

The official results were based on the electronic tally, and the IEBC declared Kenyatta the winner before verifying the results with the paper tally sheets, The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>\u00a0said. Some of the paper sheets examined by the Supreme Court lacked legitimacy markers such as water marks, signatures, and serial numbers.<\/p>\n

Judges have faced death threats since their investigation into the election began in August. Chief Justice David Maraga criticized the police for not doing anything about it, and\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/a>\u00a0reported that the Human Rights Watch urged the Kenyan police to protect the justices. Maraga told\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0that regardless of the threats, the justices are \u201cprepared to pay the ultimate price to protect the constitution and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Post-election violence was minimal, according to The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>, with around two deaths. The election was generally peaceful compared to the 1000 people who were killed in the 2007 post-election violence, according to\u00a0CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court called for re-elections within 60 days of their announcement, and the new election is scheduled for Oct. 26,\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

The opposition party said they refused to participate in the new election unless members of the electoral commission were prosecuted,\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0reported. Odinga called on the commission for \u201clegal and constitutional guarantees\u201d for a free, fair, and transparent election, but will still challenge Kenyatta in October.<\/p>\n

Former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, was in Kenya as an election observer and told CNN, \u201cI think there is great legitimacy in the basic process\u201d of paper ballots \u2013 only if everyone followed the process and no one altered the ballots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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