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Over the last month I have tried, and failed, to make sense of jubilee Party’s reaction to the annulment of the presidential election. Here is why: First, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto came out guns blazing after Chief Justice David Maraga.
This was a squandered opportunity for the duo to burnish their credentials as custodians for the rule of law and democracy. If indeed they won the election, they should have accepted the re-run and sought to ensure that it happens within the 60-day constitutional limit, within which time they would still be in power like nothing happened. But by training their ire at the Supreme Court and Justice Maraga, they instead created a perception that they were opposed to both transparent elections and judicial independence.
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